Rummage

What do we mean by rummage?

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

To discover by searching thoroughly. intransitive verb

To make an energetic, usually hasty search. intransitive verb

A thorough search among a number of things. noun

A confusion of miscellaneous articles. noun

The act of rummaging, in any sense; the act of searching a place, especially by turning over the contents. noun

A stirring or bustling about; a disturbance; an upheaval. noun

Lumber; rubbish. Halliwell. Prov. Eng. noun

To adjust the roomage or capacity of (a ship) with reference to the cargo; arrange or stow the cargo of (a ship) in the hold; especially, to clear by the removal of goods: as, to rummage a ship.

To move to and fro the contents of, as in a search; ransack; hunt through; explore: as, to rummage a trunk.

To set in motion; stir; hence, specifically, to mix by stirring or some other form of agitation: as, to rummage a liquid.

To bring to light by searching.

To arrange or stow the cargo of a ship in the hold.

To search narrowly, especially by moving about and looking among the things in the place searched; execute a search.

To make a stir, bustle, or disturbance.

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. noun

A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. noun

A clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop. noun

To search a place narrowly. intransitive verb

To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. transitive verb

A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.

Commotion; disturbance.

A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.

A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.

The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.

Words that are spelled similarly to rummage:
rummage.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rummage:
sale, auction, sales, items, food, find, money, events, event, across.

Words that rhyme with rummage:
scrummage, skrimmage, rumage, the image.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rummage:
good, quick, general, grand, terrible, old, little, thorough, second, english, incessant, energetic, rapid, careful, indiscriminate, fabulous, brown, brisk, solitary, decent, passionless.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rummage:
sale, sales, baggage.

Consonant match to rummage:
romage, ramage, remerge, roomage, rumage.

Words that sound like rummage:
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