Definitions For Fossick

Verb

(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search#verb, search for something; to rummage. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret#verb, ferret out. from mid 19th c. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search#verb, search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface#noun, surface or in abandoned#adjective, abandoned workings. , year2=2011, page2=221, pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XXqPHrasDYC&pg=PA221, isbn2=978-1-108-03059-5, passage=In New South Wales the bureau has been able to dispose of a large contingent of the workless by sending them to fossick for gold on old or deserted goldfields. , year=2006, page=52, isbn=978-1-74104-224-5, passage=In order to fossick you must first obtain a fossicking permit (free). They are available from the tourist offices in Darwin and Alice Springs, or Gemtree in the Harts Range. Permission to fossick on freehold land and mineral leases must be obtained from the owner or leaseholder. (intransitive, British dialect) To be troublesome.

Synonyms

to search for gems, gold, etc. noodle, id=fossick

Derived terms

fossicker fossicking, pos=noun

Related terms

fussicky

Translations

Maori: ketuketu Maori: ketuketu

Etymology

, australian capital territory. (sense 2.2)]] Probably from fossick, , to ferret out, fossuck, , troublesome person, fussick, , to potter over one's work, fussock, , to bustle about, further origin uncertain. Compare fuss.