rummage
verb [I + adv/prep] /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/Definition
› to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them: She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.Searching rummage noun [S] › I had a rummage around/about (the house), but I couldn't find my certificate anywhere.Searching
(Definition of rummage verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber noun
- bounty hunter noun
- burrow verb
- cast around/about phrasal verb
- dig verb (SEARCH)
- divine verb (SEARCH)
- leave no stone unturned idiom
- look sth out phrasal verb
- manhunt noun
- nose verb (SEARCH)
- once-over noun (LOOKING)
- poke around phrasal verb
- scout noun (SEARCH)
- scout verb
- shake sb/somewhere down phrasal verb
- shakedown noun (SEARCH)
- strip search noun
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
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