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Word: rummage (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • obsolete commotion; disturbance

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Verb:

  • intransitive to hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
  • nautical to arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
  • nautical to search a vessel for smuggled goods.
  • transitive to search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged
  • transitive to search something which contains many items hastily by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.

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