rummage

Other forms of rummage

plural

rummages·

past tense

rummaged·

present participle

rummaging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rummage

What does rummage mean?

rummage means "a jumble of things to be given away". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rummage?

rummage has 2 syllables: rum-mage. The stress falls on "rum". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌmɪdʒ/.

What is another word for rummage?

Close synonyms include ransacking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rummage a common word?

rummage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.