Meaning

3 senses

  1. To scour (search) desperately for resources such as food or equipment.

    Hey, wait for me while I scrunge the breakroom.

  2. To squeeze; to scrunch.

  3. To make or become scrungy.

Origin

Probably a corruption of scrounge. Possibly a corruption of scrunch. Blend of scum + gru

Probably a corruption of scrounge.

Possibly a corruption of scrunch.

Blend of scum + grunge.

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Forms

scrunges, scrunging, scrunged, scrunged
Base formscrunge · to scrunge
3rd person singularscrunges
Present participlescrunging
Past simplescrunged
Past participlescrunged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscrunge
he, she, itscrunges

Past simpleLesson

all personsscrunged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scrunged
he, she, ithas scrunged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scrunge

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scrumpscrumptiousscrunchscruplescrupulousscrupulously
scrunge — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto