Found 2 items, similar to Rummaging.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rummage rummage n 1: a jumble of things to be given away 2: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); “he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis” [syn: ransacking] rummage v : search haphazardly; “We rummaged through the drawers”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rummaging Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging.] 1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. [1913 Webster] He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. --Howell. [1913 Webster] What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]