rummage through

rummage through
phr verb
Rummage through is used with these nouns as the object: ↑closet, ↑drawer, ↑purse

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  • rummage — [[t]rʌ̱mɪʤ[/t]] rummages, rummaging, rummaged 1) VERB If you rummage through something, you search for something you want by moving things around in a careless or hurried way. [V prep] They rummage through piles of second hand clothes for… …   English dictionary

  • rummage — v. (D; intr.) to rummage through (to rummage through old clothes) * * * [ rʌmɪdʒ] (D; intr.) to rummage through (to rummage through old clothes) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • rummage — [rum′ij] n. [aphetic < MFr arrumage < arrumer, to stow cargo in the hold < aruner, to arrange < run, rum, ship s hold < Frank * rum, akin to OE rum,ROOM] 1. miscellaneous articles; odds and ends 2. a rummaging, or thorough search… …   English World dictionary

  • rummage — I UK [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rummage : present tense I/you/we/they rummage he/she/it rummages present participle rummaging past tense rummaged past participle rummaged to search for something among a lot of other things… …   English dictionary

  • rummage — rum|mage1 [ˈrʌmıdʒ] v [I always + adverb/preposition] also rummage around/about to search for something by moving things around in a careless or hurried way rummage in/through etc ▪ Looks like someone s been rummaging around in my desk. rummage 2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rummage — [c]/ˈrʌmɪdʒ / (say rumij) verb (rummaged, rummaging) –verb (t) 1. to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving about, turning over, or looking through contents. –verb (i) 2. to search actively, as in… …  

  • rummage — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) also rummage around to search for something by moving things around in a careless way (+ in/through etc): Looks like someone s been rummaging around in my desk. 2 noun 1 have a rummage informal to rummage 2 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • rummage — rum|mage1 [ rʌmıdʒ ] verb intransitive to search for something among a lot of other things: rummage in/through: She rummaged in a drawer for some aspirin. rummage rum|mage 2 [ rʌmıdʒ ] noun 1. ) count a search for something among a lot of other… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rummage — verb search unsystematically and untidily for something. ↘make a thorough search of (a vessel). noun an act of rummaging. Derivatives rummager noun Word History Rummage came into English in the late 15th century, from the Old French word arrumage …   English new terms dictionary

  • rummage — verb he rummaged through Stacey s bureau drawers Syn: search (through), hunt through, root about/around (in), ferret about/around (in), fish about/around (in), poke around (in), dig through, delve through, go through, explore, sift through, rifle …   Thesaurus of popular words

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