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rummaging

UK
/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ.ɪŋ/
rummaging around

Translations

rummagingnoun
rummagings
pl
The rummaging through the attic took hours, but eventually, they found the old photo album.
La fouille du grenier a pris des heures, mais ils ont fini par retrouver le vieil album photo.
Synonyms
digging
sifting
foraging
scavenging
searching
rummaginggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈrʌm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
US
/ˈrʌm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe someone or something that is actively searching.
fouillantEmploi participial.
The rummaging children left the toy box upside down.
Les enfants fouillant dans les jouets ont renversé la boîte à jouets.
rummageverb

rummaging

Gerund

rummaged
Past Simple
rummaged
Past Participle
rummaging
Gerund
UK
/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/
US
/ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/
She rummaged through her bag to find her keys.
Elle a fouillé dans son sac pour trouver ses clés.
Additional translations
farfouillerFamilier.
Synonyms
scour
search
inspect
probe
forage
explore
sift
dig
rummagegerund / present participle

rummaging

The rummaging stranger scattered the contents of the drawer across the floor.
L’inconnu fouillant a dispersé le contenu du tiroir sur le sol.
Additional translations
farfouillantFamilier.
Synonyms
foraging
rooting
rifling
snooping
scrounging
probing
delving
sifting
exploring
poking around
rummaging around
searching

Definitions

rummagingnoun
The act of searching thoroughly or in a disorganized manner.
The rummaging through the attic took hours, but eventually, they found the old photo album.
rummaginggerund / present participle
Actively engaged in searching through something in a thorough or haphazard way.
The rummaging children left the toy box upside down.
rummageverb
To search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle.
She rummaged through her bag to find her keys.
rummagegerund / present participle
Engaged in searching through something untidily or unsystematically.
The rummaging stranger scattered the contents of the drawer across the floor.
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