rootle

/ ˈruːtəl /

verb

1. intr another word for root 2

Example Sentences

Within the Palace he was a moderniser, striding the corridors, rootling around the cellars, trying to find out what everyone did.

From BBC

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.

From The Guardian

There are many others, including the troubling fact that the play is simply more fun when Timon is lavish than when, having been bankrupted by his largess, he winds up a hermit rootling for turnips.

From New York Times

The pigs rootle for rhizomes and even dive for swan mussels in ponds.

From The Guardian

One, rootle around in the lees and see what you come up with; not many audiences, I suspect, will bounce to their feet at the sound of “Andante, Andante.”

From The New Yorker