Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who uses a sponge.

    Schnorrer

  2. A parasitic hanger-on.

  3. A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.

    a workman employed to collect sponges

  4. A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who sponges:

Origin

From sponge + -er.

From sponge + -er.

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Forms

plural: spongers
Singularsponger
Pluralspongers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
parasitic hanger-on:moocher
Close in meaning
  • a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage:leechparasitesponge

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsponge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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