RUMMAGE

rummage

Noun

  1. Commotion; disturbance.
  2. A thorough search, usually resulting in a disorder.
  3. An unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
  4. 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.

Verb

  1. To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
  2. To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
  3. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
  4. To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.


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