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rummage

rum·mage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ruhm-ij]
    • /ˈrʌm ɪdʒ/
    • /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhm-ij]
    • /ˈrʌm ɪdʒ/

Definitions of rummage word

  • verb with object rummage to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents. 1
  • verb with object rummage to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often followed by out or up). 1
  • verb without object rummage to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself: She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name. 1
  • noun rummage miscellaneous articles; odds and ends. 1
  • noun rummage a rummaging search. 1
  • intransitive verb rummage search using hands 1

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Origin of rummage

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent to arrum(er) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age -age

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Parts of speech for Rummage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rummage popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for rummage

noun rummage

  • ataxia — lack of muscular coordination
  • clutter — Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
  • dreck — excrement; dung.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • hunt — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.

verb rummage

  • bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
  • bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
  • burgle — If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
  • burgled — simple past tense and past participle of burgle.

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