Reverse Dictionary: RUMMAGE

NOUNS
► BIN-DIVING rummaging in rubbish in search of food or valuables → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► POKE a searching, rummaging, or prying → 1992 colloq.
► SCRINGE a prying, an eager search; a thorough rummage; a gleaning → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)

VERBS
► FAIK to rummage, as in a drawer → 1950 Sc.
► HAIK to search, to rummage, as in a drawer, etc. → 1956 Sc.
► RAMSACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAMSHACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1901 Amer. dial.
► RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1959 Amer. dial.
► RANCEL to search thoroughly; to rummage → 1898 Sc.
► SCROUNGE to hunt about, to rummage → 1960s sl.
► SKIRMISH  ► SKIRMISH ABOUT ► SKIRMISH AROUND ► SKIRMISH UP to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out → 1878 Amer. dial.
► SNOUSE ► SNOUSE AROUND to snoop, to rummage; to nose into something without permission; to scout → 1954 Amer. dial.
► WALE to rummage, to search about in, to grope through → 1869 Sc.