RUMMAGE


Meaning of RUMMAGE in English

I. noun

Synonyms: clutter 2, hash, jumble, jungle, litter, mash, mishmash, muddle, scramble, tumble

Related Word: conglomeration, hash, hotchpotch, miscellany, patchwork, potpourri

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: disorder 1, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix up

2.

Synonyms: scour 2, beat, comb, finecomb, fine-tooth-comb, forage, grub, rake, ransack, search

3.

to produce by searching

rummaged an old dress out of the attic

Synonyms: dig out, hunt (down or out or up), rout

Related Word: ferret (out), find; fish, search (out), spy (out); poke

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