1. Search haphazardly
   "We rummaged through the drawers";
   - poke around [informal], poke about [informal]

1. A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
   "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis";
   - ransacking
    
2. A jumble of things to be given away
   "The church basement was filled with rummage for the annual sale"

Derived forms: rummaging, rummages, rummaged

Type of: clutter, fuddle, hunt, hunting, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, scramble, search, smother, welter