All rummage synonyms
rumΒ·mage
R r verb rummage
- fuddling β Present participle of fuddle.
- forage β food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- fuddle β to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
- weeded β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- disrupt β to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- gun for β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- comb β A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- fine-comb β to use a fine-tooth comb on.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- look down β the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- disarticulate β Separate (bones) at the joints.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- look up and down β to search everywhere
- muddy the waters β If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- jumble β to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- bobble β A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- look over β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- weed β Thurlow [thur-loh] /ΛΞΈΙr loΚ/ (Show IPA), 1797β1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- disarray β to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- muck up β a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- mess up β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- muss β a state of disorder or untidiness.
- dement β to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- burgle β If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
noun rummage
- oddment β an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
- litter β objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- dreck β excrement; dung.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- mixup β an act or instance of mixing.
- legwork β work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- offscouring β Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- look-see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- offscourings β Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.