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rummaging




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rummaging
     1. n. The act of one who rummages.
rummage
     1. v. (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
     2. v. (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
           After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.
     3. v. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
           She rummaged her purse in search of the keys.
           The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.
     4. v. (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
           She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.
     5. n. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance.
     6. n. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
     7. n. An unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
     8. n. (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; formerly written romage.

Example Sentences

He is rummaging in a garbage can because he is hungry. 
Rummaging around in boxes, I stumbled upon an old family photo. 



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