RUMMAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rummage mean?
• RUMMAGE (noun)
The noun RUMMAGE has 2 senses:
1. a jumble of things to be given away
2. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
Familiarity information: RUMMAGE used as a noun is rare.
• RUMMAGE (verb)
The verb RUMMAGE has 1 sense:
1. search haphazardly
Familiarity information: RUMMAGE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUMMAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A jumble of things to be given away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rummage" is a kind of...):
clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter (a confused multitude of things)
Meaning:
A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ransacking; rummage
Context example:
he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
Hypernyms ("rummage" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
• RUMMAGE (verb)
Meaning:
Search haphazardly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
We rummaged through the drawers
Hypernyms (to "rummage" is one way to...):
search (subject to a search)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
