rummaging
Meaning of rummaging
- search unsystematically and untidily through something.
he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief
he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth
late 15th century: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th century) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel’).
Information about rummaging
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of rummaging
rum-mag-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- rummaging is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
rummaging synonyms
Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:
Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Words that rhyme with rummaging
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