scrounge
verb /skraʊndʒ/
/skraʊndʒ/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scrounge | /skraʊndʒ/ /skraʊndʒ/ |
| he / she / it scrounges | /ˈskraʊndʒɪz/ /ˈskraʊndʒɪz/ |
| past simple scrounged | /skraʊndʒd/ /skraʊndʒd/ |
| past participle scrounged | /skraʊndʒd/ /skraʊndʒd/ |
| -ing form scrounging | /ˈskraʊndʒɪŋ/ /ˈskraʊndʒɪŋ/ |
- to get something from somebody by asking them for it rather than by paying or working for it synonym cadge
- scrounge something off somebody He's always scrounging free meals off us.
- scrounge something from somebody Can I scrounge a cigarette from you?
- scrounge something He dropped in yet again to scrounge a meal.
- scrounge off/from somebody I don’t want to spend the rest of my life scrounging off other people.
- scrounge (for something) What is she scrounging for this time?
- You're always scrounging.
Extra Examples- I managed to scrounge some food off an old lady.
- street children scrounging for food
- Hello, I've come to scrounge some coffee.
Word Originearly 20th cent.: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’.