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uled out Birmingham as the site of next year's conference.<br />

rummage v. 1 search, hunt, comb, scour, scrabble, look through, sift<br />

through, turn inside out or upside down, examine, Colloq<br />

scrounge: We rummaged about in four dustbins before finding the<br />

discarded receipt.<br />

--n. 2 jumble, miscellanea, knick-knacks, odds and ends,<br />

hotchpotch or US also hodgepodge: May we borrow your car to<br />

collect items for the church rummage sale?<br />

rumour n. 1 rumour, news, gossip, hearsay, information, scoop,<br />

tidings, chat, chit-chat, tittle-tattle, on dit; grapevine,<br />

jungle telegraph, Colloq low-down, info, US and Canadian poop,<br />

Slang chiefly US nautical scuttlebutt: The rumour is that they<br />

are moving from Reading to Exeter. Rumour has it that you are<br />

not going with them.<br />

--v. 2 bruit about, noise abroad, circulate, pass around,<br />

intimate, breathe, suggest, whisper, leak, reveal, make known,<br />

put about, say, report, tell: It has been rumoured that she is<br />

going to have his baby.<br />

rumple v. Sometimes, rumple up. wrinkle, crumple, crush, crease, fold,<br />

crinkle, dishevel, ruffle, tousle, scrunch (up), pucker, muss<br />

(up), mess (up): When she stood up, the back of her dress was<br />

all rumpled.<br />

rumpus n. commotion, disturbance, fuss, confusion, uproar, tumult,<br />

to-do, ado, mayhem, bedlam, brouhaha, stir, pother, affray,<br />

fracas, row, mˆl‚e or melee, rough-house, brawl: You have no<br />

idea what a rumpus he created just because my dog went in his<br />

garden.<br />

run<br />

v. 1 sprint, race, scamper, scurry, scud, dart, bolt, dash,<br />

flit, tear (along), scoot, scuttle, zip, whiz or whizz, gallop,<br />

jog, trot, lope; rush, hurry (up), hasten, scramble, hustle,<br />

step lively, hop (to) it, step on it, put on some speed, Archaic<br />

hie, Colloq get a move on, hoof it, leg it, hotfoot (it), stir<br />

one's stumps, Brit hare, US step on the gas, hump (it), Slang<br />

get cracking, US get the lead out (of one's pants or taboo ass),<br />

Chiefly US get a wiggle on: If you run, you might catch her<br />

before she gets on the train. 2 run away or off, flee, escape,

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