scrounge
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɹaʊnd͡ʒ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊndʒ
Verb
scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- scrounge for food
- 1965, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Like a Rolling Stone”:
- Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
- (intransitive) To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
- As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.
Derived terms
Translations
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another
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Translations
scrounger — see scrounger
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