Rootle

//ˈɹuːtəl// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to dig into the ground, with the snout.

    "Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled."

  2. 2
    dig with the snout wordnet
  3. 3
    to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.

    "1908, Rudyard Kipling, “Regulus” 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'"

Etymology

From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

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