noun
- miscellaneous articles; odds and ends
- a rummaging, or thorough search
Origin:
aphetic < MFr arrumage < arrumer, to stow cargo in the hold < aruner, to arrange < run, rum, ship's hold < Frank *rum, akin to OE rum, room
transitive verb rummaged, rummaging
- to search through (a place, receptacle, etc.) thoroughly, esp. by moving the contents about, turning them over, etc.; ransack
- to get, find, or turn up by or as by searching thoroughly: with up or out
intransitive verb
to search diligently, now sometimes haphazardly, as through the contents of a receptacle