A Quick and Simple Dictionary

rummage

1. Verb.  (transitive, nautical) to arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
2. Verb.  (transitive, nautical) to search a vessel for smuggled goods.
3. Verb.  (transitive) to search something which contains many items hastily by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
4. Verb.  (transitive) to search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
5. Verb.  (intransitive) to hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
6. Noun.  (obsolete) commotion; disturbance.
7. Noun.  a thorough search, usually resulting in a disorder.
8. Noun.  an unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.