RUMMAGE

I. verb (~d; rummaging) Etymology: 2~ Date: 1582 intransitive verb to make a thorough search or investigation, to engage in an undirected or haphazard search, transitive verb to make a thorough search through ; ransack , to examine minutely and completely, to discover by searching, ~r noun II. noun see: ream Date: 1598 1. a confused miscellaneous collection, items for sale at a ~ sale, a thorough search especially among a confusion of objects