rum|mage

rum|mage
rum|mage «RUHM ihj», verb, -maged, -mag|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to search thoroughly by moving things about: »

I rummaged three drawers before I found my gloves. He rummaged his pockets (Mark Twain).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under search. (Cf. ↑search)
2. to pull from among other things; bring to light: »

She rummaged change from the bottom of her purse. Theobald had rummaged up a conclusion from some odd corner of his soul (Samuel Butler).

–v.i.
to search in a disorderly way: »

She rummaged in her purse for some change.

╂[< noun]
–n.
1. a thorough search in which things are moved about: »

After a last rummage of the old trunk, he gave up the locket as lost.

2. = rummage sale. (Cf. ↑rummage sale)
3. odds and ends.
4. Obsolete. a disturbance.
5. Obsolete. a) the stowing or removing of cargo on a ship. b) a ship's hold.
╂[earlier romage < Middle French arrumage < arrumer stow cargo < unrecorded rum, variant of run hold of a ship < Germanic (compare Dutch ruim)]

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