rummageverb [ I + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them:
She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
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rummage
noun [ S ] ukus
I had a rummage around/about (the house), but I couldn't find my certificate anywhere.