Root

v.

Heard in Galway, Kilkenny, Mayo and Dublin

To rummage or search thoroughly through belongings or a mess.

Root around in the press for the spare charger there would ya.

Posh English

Do rummage through the cupboard in pursuit of the auxiliary battery charger, if you please.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Mayo
• Dublin

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