rootle
Snout through undergrowth
To rootle is to root around or rummage, typically with the snout like a pig searching for food.
The word extends to any poking, digging, or searching through things: She rootled through the drawer looking for scissors.
Chiefly British, with a slightly whimsical or informal feel compared to plain "root."
Search unsystematically through clutter
delve · ferret · nose · burrow · forage · scavenge · hunt · search
Beast's protruding face
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- hogSwine, or monopolize
- trufflePrized subterranean edible
mud · wallow · sty · snort · oink · trotters · bristle · sow
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- naturalNot artificially produced
- inbornExisting from birth
intuitive · unlearned · reflexive · spontaneous · animalistic · primitive · hardwired · visceral
rummage
Search unsystematically through clutter
grub · delve · ferret · nose · burrow · forage · scavenge · hunt · search · poke
snout
Beast's protruding face
truffle · mud · wallow · sty · snort · oink · trotters · bristle · sow · piglet
innate
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- naturalNot artificially produced
inborn · intuitive · unlearned · reflexive · spontaneous · animalistic · primitive · hardwired · visceral · urge
- root beerSassafras-flavored soft drink
- rooting forActively hoping someone succeeds
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- root forActively support a competitor
- square rootNumber times itself equals original
- take rootBecome firmly fixed