Definitions

1. verb

to search for something, especially valuable or interesting items, in a casual or unorganized way

“The children spent the afternoon fossicking for seashells on the beach.”

2. noun

an act of searching for something, especially valuable or interesting items, in a casual or unorganized way

“Their day of fossicking yielded some interesting antique finds.”

3. verb

to extract or dig up something, especially from the earth

“The geologists went fossicking for fossils in the new excavation site.”