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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rum′ij)

Inflections of 'rummage' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rummages: v 3rd person singular

rummaging: v pres p

rummaged: v past

rummaged: v past p

rum•mage /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/USA pronunciation v., -maged, -mag•ing, n.
v.

to search thoroughly through (a place, etc.), esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents: [no object]to rummage through the drawers.[~ + object]to rummage the house for those papers.

n. [uncountable]

a jumble of things;
odds and ends.

rum•mage (rum′ij),USA pronunciation v., -maged, -mag•ing, n.
v.t.

to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often fol. by out or up).

v.i.

to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself:She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.

miscellaneous articles;
odds and ends.
a rummaging search.

?) + -age -age
aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent. to arrum(er) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (1520–30

rum′mag•er, n.

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rummage /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/ vb

when intr, often followed by through: to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion

an act of rummaging
a jumble of articles

Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: to pack a cargo): from Old French arrumage, from arrumer to stow in a ship's hold, probably of Germanic originˈrummager n

'rummage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

delve - fossick - jumble sale - rout - route - rummage sale - forage

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Synonyms: odds and ends, miscellany, used goods, second-hand goods, antiques, more...

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