Meaning

2 senses

  1. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

  2. An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. I'll have to scrounge up another couple of dollars.

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  2. Are you tired of having to scrounge for money?

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  3. There were hyenas in the area scrounging around for food.

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  4. Tom lived a year on the street, scrounging for food.

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  5. Can I scrounge a fag?

    ruМогу я стрельнуть сигаретку? — odexed

    deKann ich mir eine Zigarette schnorren? — al_ex_an_der

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Origin

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.

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Forms

plural: scrounges
Singularscrounge
Pluralscrounges

regular

Word family

4 related words
RelatedscroogeB2scringescrougescrunge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scrollC2scroogeB2scrotumscrubscrubber
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