Rootle

Quick meaning: Rootle is a verb meaning (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.

Meaning

(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.

More Meanings

1. (of a person) to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.

Example Sentences

Bathed and changed, she rootled out Lambie from the bottom of her wardrobe.'

'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

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.

Removing internal fences allowed the wild Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs he introduced to browse and rootle over large distances, their disruptions creating habitats for other animals and plants.

Word Forms

• rootles
• rootling
• rootled
• rookle

Synonyms for rootle

Depending on context, synonyms include rout, root.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rout, root, crowhop, mouth, troat, dog-nose.

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