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ROOTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rootle mean?
• ROOTLE (verb)
The verb ROOTLE has 1 sense:
1. dig with the snout
Familiarity information: ROOTLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they rootle ... he / she / it rootles
Past simple: rootled
Past participle: rootled
-ing form: rootling
... he / she / it rootles Past simple: rootled
Past participle: rootled
-ing form: rootling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dig with the snout
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
the pig was rooting for truffles
Hypernyms (to "rootle" is one way to...):
cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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