Rummage
verb
To search quickly through a place or container to find something.
She rummaged through the drawer to find her keys.
Often appears as...
- rummage through
- rummage around
noun
An instance of searching quickly through a place or container to find something.
He gave the room a quick rummage but didn't find anything.
Often appears as...
- have a rummage
- give a rummage
verb
To search quickly through a place or container to find something.
She rummaged through the drawer to find her keys.
Often appears as...
- rummage through
- rummage around
noun
An instance of searching quickly through a place or container to find something.
He gave the room a quick rummage but didn't find anything.
Often appears as...
- have a rummage
- give a rummage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Active Searching
Implies active, often hasty or cluttered search, not a methodical one.
He rummaged through the attic for the photo album.
Pro Tip 2/3Hidden Objects
Usually suggests that the object being looked for is not easily visible or accessible.
She rummaged in her purse for her missing earring.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgency
Often conveys a sense of urgency or frustration in the searcher.
I rummaged around my desk for my lost ticket.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Searching
Implies active, often hasty or cluttered search, not a methodical one.
He rummaged through the attic for the photo album.
Pro Tip 2/3Hidden Objects
Usually suggests that the object being looked for is not easily visible or accessible.
She rummaged in her purse for her missing earring.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgency
Often conveys a sense of urgency or frustration in the searcher.
I rummaged around my desk for my lost ticket.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Searching
Implies active, often hasty or cluttered search, not a methodical one.
He rummaged through the attic for the photo album.
Pro Tip 2/3Hidden Objects
Usually suggests that the object being looked for is not easily visible or accessible.
She rummaged in her purse for her missing earring.
Pro Tip 3/3Urgency
Often conveys a sense of urgency or frustration in the searcher.
I rummaged around my desk for my lost ticket.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
the older haul and the older males actually have the slightly worn tips at the top so they quite light and color and quite often you see the older males with those lighter whiter parts of the horn so I think Tristan's actually got something else for you so I am going to have another rummage around and see what else I can find the next time you come
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What does it mean to be...
But don't let the romance of that name fool you, because it was nothing more than a rancid landfill that kids like Sonny Boy spent hours rummaging through every single day to find something, anything of value. That night with Sonny Boy and his family changed my life forever, because when it came time to go to sleep,
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How to speak so that...
So hail. Also, now that's what you say, and it's like the old song, it is what you say, it's also the way that you say it. You have an amazing toolbox. This instrument is incredible, and yet this is a toolbox that very few people have ever opened. I'd like to have a little rummage in there with you now
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The price of a "clean"...
where the analog toxic waste from the Western world was transported for years by container ships, now the digital waste is dumped there via fiber-optic cable. And just as the so-called scavengers rummage through gigantic tips on the edge of the city,
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How record collectors...
The first thing we do is hunt. We spend hours, days, years of our lives rummaging through dirty and dusty record bins. Everything that we can do to find our hands on the gold. Yes, you can find good records online, but for the deepest treasures,
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The joy of shopping --...
We would spend hours rummaging through piles of clothes, trying on dozens of trinkets, getting advice from each other on what looked good and what was on trend. We would then combine everything we had bought to negotiate a big discount.
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Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
now twelve lionesses I don't think this is a particularly big kill maybe a baby zebra and it's very difficult for us to see what it is when the Lions all rummaging to try get a tasty treat and the females will let the Cubs eat first
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
for quarry berries in amongst that done I think what we should probably do then is go and look in the done ourselves what do you say Craig are you excited to go and rummage around and done so let me just clarify what that said
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The Wild Animals of...
rummage around for bugs and grubs due to the leaf litter on the forest floor the gardens offer a perfect habitat for hunting and with its special set of skills dinner is never far away
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Gorilla Wonders Why He...
leave the church this morning it's a mystery though okay david that's enough rummaging about hey love you'll never guess what i found
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
the older haul and the older males actually have the slightly worn tips at the top so they quite light and color and quite often you see the older males with those lighter whiter parts of the horn so I think Tristan's actually got something else for you so I am going to have another rummage around and see what else I can find the next time you come
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
But don't let the romance of that name fool you, because it was nothing more than a rancid landfill that kids like Sonny Boy spent hours rummaging through every single day to find something, anything of value. That night with Sonny Boy and his family changed my life forever, because when it came time to go to sleep,
Video examples
How to speak so that...
So hail. Also, now that's what you say, and it's like the old song, it is what you say, it's also the way that you say it. You have an amazing toolbox. This instrument is incredible, and yet this is a toolbox that very few people have ever opened. I'd like to have a little rummage in there with you now
Video examples
The price of a "clean"...
where the analog toxic waste from the Western world was transported for years by container ships, now the digital waste is dumped there via fiber-optic cable. And just as the so-called scavengers rummage through gigantic tips on the edge of the city,
Video examples
How record collectors...
The first thing we do is hunt. We spend hours, days, years of our lives rummaging through dirty and dusty record bins. Everything that we can do to find our hands on the gold. Yes, you can find good records online, but for the deepest treasures,
Video examples
The joy of shopping --...
We would spend hours rummaging through piles of clothes, trying on dozens of trinkets, getting advice from each other on what looked good and what was on trend. We would then combine everything we had bought to negotiate a big discount.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
now twelve lionesses I don't think this is a particularly big kill maybe a baby zebra and it's very difficult for us to see what it is when the Lions all rummaging to try get a tasty treat and the females will let the Cubs eat first
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
for quarry berries in amongst that done I think what we should probably do then is go and look in the done ourselves what do you say Craig are you excited to go and rummage around and done so let me just clarify what that said
Video examples
The Wild Animals of...
rummage around for bugs and grubs due to the leaf litter on the forest floor the gardens offer a perfect habitat for hunting and with its special set of skills dinner is never far away
Video examples
Gorilla Wonders Why He...
leave the church this morning it's a mystery though okay david that's enough rummaging about hey love you'll never guess what i found
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Quote examples
Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
I love small-business owners, and I actually love the idea of vintage clothing, but I don't get when they pretend that the Internet doesn't exist or that other customers have never been to the whole rest of the country where you can rummage around and buy the same dang belt for a buck and a half.
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Steph McGovern
English Journalist
My first attempt at a business was a jumble sale which I ran at the end of my next door neighbour's drive. I used to rummage through her garage, looking for anything that I thought people might buy. I'd then set up a table and try to sell what I could to the people walking by.
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Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
I change my mind every five minutes. I'm very brutal with my own process. I throw everything away very quickly, and then I have to go out and rummage through the rubbish in the middle of the night to try to find a bit I'd written a week ago.
Quote examples
Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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Lily Collins
English Actress
My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.
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Sophie Cookson
English Actress
I've always loved rummaging through my mum's wardrobe and finding classic pieces. I went through a phase where I rejected anything that was vaguely up-styled in any way and I just lived in a baggy jumper for a bit.
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Lester Holt
American Journalist
I reluctantly soldiered on to the raccoon. It actually would have tasted quite good had I not had the image of a raccoon rummaging through the garbage stuck in my head.
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Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
American Musician
You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.
Quote examples
Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
I love small-business owners, and I actually love the idea of vintage clothing, but I don't get when they pretend that the Internet doesn't exist or that other customers have never been to the whole rest of the country where you can rummage around and buy the same dang belt for a buck and a half.
Quote examples
Steph McGovern
English Journalist
My first attempt at a business was a jumble sale which I ran at the end of my next door neighbour's drive. I used to rummage through her garage, looking for anything that I thought people might buy. I'd then set up a table and try to sell what I could to the people walking by.
Quote examples
Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Quote examples
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
I change my mind every five minutes. I'm very brutal with my own process. I throw everything away very quickly, and then I have to go out and rummage through the rubbish in the middle of the night to try to find a bit I'd written a week ago.
Quote examples
Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
Quote examples
Lily Collins
English Actress
My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.
Quote examples
Sophie Cookson
English Actress
I've always loved rummaging through my mum's wardrobe and finding classic pieces. I went through a phase where I rejected anything that was vaguely up-styled in any way and I just lived in a baggy jumper for a bit.
Quote examples
Lester Holt
American Journalist
I reluctantly soldiered on to the raccoon. It actually would have tasted quite good had I not had the image of a raccoon rummaging through the garbage stuck in my head.
Quote examples
Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?
Quote examples
Tennessee Ernie Ford
American Musician
You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.
Example 1 of 10
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