rummage

Definition of rummage

Verbs

search haphazardly
"We rummaged through the drawers"
Type of:
search
subject to a search

Nouns

a jumble of things to be given away
Type of:
clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter
a confused multitude of things
a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
"he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
Synonyms:
ransacking
Type of:
hunt, hunting, search
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Vocabulary Lists for rummage

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" »(115 words)
Vocabulary study list for E.B. White's "Charlotte's...
  • leftovers
  • crumple
  • swathe
  • snooze
  • gullible

Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 29-43 »(113 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
  • amputate
  • addle
  • meddlesome
  • rummage
  • remiss

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • habituate
  • neutralised
  • coherently
  • corrode
  • predispose

Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 1-16 »(65 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
  • raspy
  • haggle
  • rummage
  • welt
  • browse

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

Words that contain rummage

Brummagem
 rummage sale
 scrummage