rummage
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Is rummage a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.transitive
2. (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.Examples: "After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship."transitive
3. (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.Examples: "She rummaged her purse in search of the keys."; "The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery."; "He[…]searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks."Synonyms: ransack, rifletransitive
4. (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.Synonyms: ransack, rifleintransitivetransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance.countableobsoleteuncountable
2. (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.countableuncountable
3. (nautical) The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.Synonyms: romagecountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary