rummage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ronage, from Old French arrumage (compare French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”) (compare French arrimer and Spanish arrumar). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌm.ɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ʌmɪdʒ === Verb === rummage (third-person singular simple present rummages, present participle rummaging, simple past and past participle rummaged) (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods. (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods. (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged. (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly. Synonyms: ransack, rifle, trawl ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === rummage (countable and uncountable, plural rummages) A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance. A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble. (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship. (nautical) The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage. Synonym: (obsolete) romage ==== Derived terms ==== rummage squad ==== Translations ==== === See also === look quarry rake search === See also === rummage sale