rummle

English

Verb

rummle (third-person singular simple present rummles, present participle rummling, simple past and past participle rummled)

1. (Scotland) To rummage through.
   • 1987, Sam Hanna Bell, Across the Narrow Sea, Belfast; Wolfeboro, N.H. : Blackstaff Press, →ISBN, page 48:

     He stooped in the darkness. 'Give your hands a rummle through the grass, young sir. Mistress Drummond will no thank us if we bring this stink into the house.'

   • 2003, Moreen Simpson, Magic Moments, Aberdeen : Aberdeen Journals, →ISBN, page 84:

     I had the proverbial canary. Rummle through the kitchen drawers for the phone number of the nice mannie who fixed the dishwasher last month.

   • 2008, Anne Donovan, Being Emily, Oxford : ISIS, →ISBN, page 59:

     I jumped up and rummled in the back of the fridge, pulled out a pack of four.

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

rummle

1. inflection of rummeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative