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"ref": "1866, Matthew Arnold, The Study of Celtic Literature",
"text": "What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account!",
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"ref": "2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
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"(transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.",
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
"word": "wühlen"
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
"word": "stöbern"
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
"word": "fuçar"
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"sense": "to hastily search for",
"word": "halughog"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "翻尋"
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{
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "fouiller"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "cachear"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "remexer"
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{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "durchwühlen"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skalízo",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "σκαλίζω"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khitét",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "חיטט"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "tiomsaigh"
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{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "frugare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "rovistare"
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"alt": "あさる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "asaru",
"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "漁る"
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "引っ掻き回す"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "paraketu"
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{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "hurahura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 24 33 40",
"code": "se",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "boltut"
},
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "gjennomsøke"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "vasculhar"
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{
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "cotrobăi"
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"tags": [
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"word": "revolver"
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"sense": "to search something which contains many items",
"word": "halughog"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "myllätä"
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"word": "fouiller"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "cachear"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "remexer"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "durchwühlen"
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"word": "rivoltare"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "scuriosare"
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{
"_dis1": "1 12 43 43",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "buttare all'aria"
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"word": "뒤지다"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "헤집다"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "endevende"
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"word": "revolver"
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{
"_dis1": "1 12 43 43",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "esgravatar"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
"word": "vasculhar"
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"_dis1": "1 12 43 43",
"code": "pt",
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"word": "revirar"
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"word": "rota"
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"sense": "to search something thoroughly and with disregard",
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"text": "Have a rummage through the attic and see if you can find anything worth selling.",
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"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌm.ɪd͡ʒ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmɪd͡ʒ"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-rummage.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/En-us-rummage.ogg/En-us-rummage.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-rummage.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "rummage"
}
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