Definitions for rummage
ˈrʌm ɪdʒrum·mage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rummagenoun

   a jumble of things to be given away

2. ransacking, rummageverb

   a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

   "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"

3. rummageverb

   search haphazardly

   "We rummaged through the drawers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. rummagenoun

   commotion; disturbance

2. rummagenoun

   a thorough search, usually resulting in a disorder

3. rummagenoun

   an unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble

4. rummageverb

   to arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.

5. rummageverb

   to search a vessel for smuggled goods.

   After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.

6. rummageverb

   to search something which contains many items hastily by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.

   She rummaged her purse in search for the keys.

7. rummageverb

   to search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged

   The burglars rummaged the entire house for cash and jewellery.

8. rummageverb

   to hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.

   She rummaged in the drawers trying to find the missing sock.

9. Etymology: arrumage (confer French arrimage), from arrumera (confer French arrimer). Confer Spanish arrumar.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Rummageverb

   To search; to plunder; to evacuate.

   Etymology: ranmen, German, to empty. Stephen Skinner . rimari, Lat.

   Our greedy seamen rummage every hold,
   Smile on the booty of each wealthier chest. Dryden.

2. To Rummageverb

   To search places.

   A fox was rummaging among a great many carved figures, there was one very extraordinary piece. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some on antiquated authors pore;
   Rummage for sense. John Dryden, Persius.

   I have often rummaged for old books in Little-Britain and Duck-lane. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rummage

   Rummage refers to the act of searching thoroughly or hastily through a mass or receptacle by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents, typically in a messy or disorganized way, in order to find something. It can also refer to the items or things that one finds as a result of such a search.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rummagenoun

   a place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage

2. Rummagenoun

   a searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over

3. Rummageverb

   to make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage

4. Rummageverb

   to search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf

5. Rummageverb

   to search a place narrowly

6. Etymology: [For roomage, fr. room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See Room.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rummage

   rum′āj, v.t. to turn things over in search: to clear a ship's hold of goods: to pack: to stow closely: to ransack: to explore: to bring to light: to stir.—v.i. to make a search.—n. a careful search: an upheaval.—n. Rumm′ager.—Rummage sale, a sale of unclaimed goods. [Room-age.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rummage

   The search by custom-house officers for smuggled goods.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RUMMAGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rummage is ranked #35147 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rummage surname appeared 641 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rummage.
   
   93.9% or 602 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
   1.4% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Clutter
   • Search

How to pronounce rummage?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rummage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rummage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rummage in a Sentence

1. Pete Cunningham:

   If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.

2. Dragan Ljeljen:

   Piling up trash affects the quality of water and reduces the quantity of oxygen in it ... animals are coming to the banks to rummage through trash.

3. Carole Scofield:

   Carole Scofield told the news station Carole Scofield thinks this is the second time this same bear has broken into their home looking for food. The first time it broke down their front door. In total, the couple said they have had trouble with bears on six different occasions during the 20 years they’ve lived in South Lake Tahoe. Lesa Johnston, with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, told KOLO8 that bears normally rummage through trash cans in search of food, but they're also known to look elsewhere. At some point in the bears' life, they gain some type of food reward by breaking in a cabin or a home, so they remember that, so the behavior is likely to be repeated, Lesa Johnston said. We are very lucky, both major break-ins, we were very lucky. I know a lot of people have not been. It has been very, very costly.

4. Kevin Brady:

   Civil liberties and privacy still matters in America. No party in any Congress should have the authority to rummage around in your tax returns purely for political reasons and if they can do that to The President, what stops them from doing that to any political enemy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rummage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rummage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rummage
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rummage
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rummage
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rummage
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html