rummages

Meaning of rummages

noun
  1. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
    Have a rummage through the attic and see if you can find anything worth selling.
  2. Commotion; disturbance.
  3. A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
  4. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
  5. The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
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.
    After the long voyage, the customs officers rummaged the ship.
  3. To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
    She rummaged her purse in search of the keys.

Information about rummages

  • The singular form of rummages is: rummage.
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Hyphenation of rummages

rum-mages

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • rummages is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

rummages synonyms

Meaning :

romage

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