rummage

Meaning

Verb

1. To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
2. To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
3. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
4. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

Noun

1. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
2. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance.
3. A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
4. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
5. The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.

Synonyms

search

ransack

forage

comb

investigate

rifle

delve

burrow

canvass

grub

investigation

rake

ransacking

scour

search through

research

search thoroughly

find out

customs inspection

foray

fossick

frisk

fumble

tamper with

inquiry

customs examination

thorough search

kit

look round

look up

lumber

maraud

overrun

pillage

plough

plunder

pry

quest

throw into confusion

bustle

fumble about

ravage

bring out

root

sack

scanning

rummage about

scrutinize

see about

seek

🔍

shakedown

stir up

thrash

turn over

upsetting

delve into

fish out

fish up

hunt for

rummage in

rearch

despoil

dig up

disarrange

discover

disorder

disquisition

explore

ferret

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌm.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ronage

In summary

From Middle English ronage, from Old French arrumage (compare French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”) (compare French arrimer and Spanish arrumar).