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rum·mage  (rmj)

v. rum·maged, rum·mag·ing, rum·mag·es

v.tr.

1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.

2. To discover by searching thoroughly.

v.intr.

To make an energetic, usually hasty search.

n.

1. A thorough search among a number of things.

2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.

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[From earlier romage, act of packing cargo, from French arrumage, from Old French, from arumer, to stow, from Old Provençal arumar : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + perhaps run, ship's hold (of Germanic origin; see reu- in Indo-European roots).]

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rummag·er n.

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rummage

Verb

[-maging, -maged]

to search untidily

Noun

an untidy search through a collection of things [Old French arrumage to stow cargo]

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Rummage miscellaneous articles; lumber; rubbish, 1598.

Example: good riddance to bad rummage, 1880.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rummage - a jumble of things to be given away clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter - a confused multitude of things
	2.	rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" ransacking search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Verb	1.	rummage - search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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rummage

verb search, hunt, root, explore, delve, examine, ransack, forage, fossick Austral., N.Z. rootle

Translations

rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] vi → revolverlo todo

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] vi → fouiller

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] vi → herumstöbern

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] vi → frugare

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rummage

v rummage [ˈramidʒ]

to search by turning things out or over He rummaged in the drawer for a clean shirt. deursoek يَبْحَث، يُنَقِّب тършувам hrabat se gennemsøge herumwühlen ανακατεύω ψάχνοντας, σκαλίζω hurgar, revolver, remover tuhnima جستجو کردن penkoa fouiller (dans) לִנבוֹר छानना, तलाश करना, खोज निकालना prekapati, pretraživati átkutat menggeledah umróta; gjörleita frugare, rovistare くまなく探す 뒤져서 찾다, 샅샅이 찾다 naršyti, iškrėsti jaukties; vandīties jualan barangan terpakai rommelen romstere, rote gjennom przetrząsać remexer a răscoli, a scotoci рыться hrabať sa brskati preturati söka (rota) igenom ค้นกระจุยกระจาย altüst ederek aramak 翻找 порпатися پوری طرح چھان بین کرنا lục lọi 翻找

n

a thorough search. soektog بَحْث، تَنْقيب претърсване prohrabávání ransagning die Durchsuchung προσεκτικό ψάξιμο acción de hurgar/revolver/remover tuhnimine جستجو کامل و دقیق؛ کاوش penkominen fouille חִיפּוּש छानबीन, घालमेंल, फुटकर चीजें prekapanje, pretraživanje átkutatás penggeledahan ítarleg leit perquisizione, rovistata そうさく 샅샅이 뒤지기 naršymas, krata pārmeklēšana; kratīšana menggeledah doorzoeking ransaking, gjennomsøking przetrząśnięcie busca scotocire обыск prehrabávanie preiskava preturanje genomsökande การค้นทุกซอกทุกมุม altüst ederek arama (徹底的)搜查 пошуки تلاش sự lục lọi; sự lục soát （彻底的）搜查