rummage



rummage around (somewhere) (for something)

to move things about haphazardly while looking for something somewhere. Alice rummaged around in the drawer for a candy bar she had been saving. After she rummaged around for the candy bar, she found it. She rummaged around in the old trunk.
See also: around, rummage

rummage through something

to move things about haphazardly while searching through something. I rummaged through my top drawer, looking for any two socks that matched. Mary spent some time rummaging through the toolbox before she found what she was looking for.
See also: rummage

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JuliaJOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
AnjaAHN-yah (Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch
Allie['æli]
Dovydas-Lithuanian
Erwan-Breton
Nikolche-Macedonian