untidily
61clutter — verb cover or fill with an untidy collection of things: the lounge was cluttered with books and newspapers. noun things lying about untidily. ↘an untidy state. Origin ME: var. of dialect clotter to clot , influenced by cluster and clatter …
62draggle — verb 1》 make dirty or wet. ↘hang untidily. 2》 archaic trail behind others. Origin C16: dimin. and frequentative of drag …
63rummage — verb search unsystematically and untidily for something. ↘make a thorough search of (a vessel). noun an act of rummaging. Derivatives rummager noun Word History Rummage came into English in the late 15th century, from the Old French word arrumage …
64untidy — adjective (untidier, untidiest) not arranged tidily. ↘not inclined to be neat. Derivatives untidily adverb untidiness noun …
65slatternly — I. a. Slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly, dirty, sluttish. II. ad. Negligently, carelessly, sluttishly, untidily, in a slovenly manner …
66kick — 1 verb 1 HIT WITH YOUR FOOT (I, T) to hit something with your foot: She kicked me under the table. | Joe, stop kicking! | kick sth down/over etc: The police kicked the door down. | kick sth around/towards etc: Billy was kicking a ball around the… …
67lie — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… …
68old — adjective 1 USED OR NOT NEW having existed for a long time, or having been used a lot before: an old winter coat | a big old house | an old saying | My car s older than yours. | be (as) old as the hills (=be extremely old) 2 NOT YOUNG having… …
69scribble — 1 verb 1 (T) to write something quickly and untidily: I scribbled his phone number in my address book. 2 (I) to draw marks that have no meaning: Don t scribble on the desk like that! 2 noun 1 (U) also scribbles meaningless marks or pictures,… …
70shop — 1 noun 1 PLACE WHERE YOU BUY THINGS (C) a) BrE a building or part of a building where things are sold to the public; store AmE: The shops in town close at 5.30. | toy shop/pet shop etc: Have you seen that new shoe shop? b) a small shop that sells …
