Rummage

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.
 * After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.
 * 1)  to search something which contains many items hastily by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
 * She rummaged her purse in search for the keys.
 * 1)  to search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged
 * The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.
 * 1)  to hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
 * She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.

Noun

 * 1)  commotion; disturbance
 * 2) a thorough search, usually resulting in a disorder
 * 3) an unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble

Quotations

 * ''"And this, I take it,
 * ''Is the main motive of our preparations
 * ''The source of this our watch, and the chief head
 * Of this post-haste and rummage in the land." - Horatio, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1 l 103-106

Related terms

 * look
 * quarry
 * rake
 * search

Thesaurus
beat, comb, conglomeration, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, domiciliary visit, dragnet, examine, exploration, forage, frisk, hash, hotchpotch, house-search, hunt, hunting, jumble, jungle, litter, look all over, look everywhere, look through, mash, mess up, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix up, muddle, odds and ends, patchwork, perquisition, poke, posse, potpourri, probe, quest, rake, ransack, ransacking, rifle, scour, scrabble, scramble, scrounge, search, search high heaven, search party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, shake, shake down, stalk, stalking, still hunt, toss, tumble, turn inside out, turn upside down, turning over

Etymology
arrumage: (confer French arrimage:), from arrumera: (confer French arrimer:). Confer Spanish arrumar:.

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