scrounge Definition
scrounge (skro̵unj)
transitive verb scrounged, scroung′·ing
- to manage to get or find by hunting around: usually with up
- to get by begging or sponging; mooch
- to take without permission; pilfer
Etymology: prob. altered < scrouge
intransitive verb
Informal to seek (around) for something; forage
scrounge Related Forms
scroung′er noun
scrounge Usage Examples
Object
- lift: Having managed to scrounge a lift off Dan from Xms3, who are also on the bill tonight, I was somewhat early.
- money: We went for lunch in town ( had managed to scrounge some money from Steve during the morning!
- food: She has come down from up the road to the Silver Lounge to scrounge food from the old boys.
- bit: After that I went and scrounged a bit of baccy for the night.
- cigarette: Of course even the best mates won't let you scrounge cigarettes for long for free.
- cup: However, I was able to scrounge cups of ( real!
Modifying Another Word
together: This meant going to a local café and scrounging together some money for an egg roll.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: It was nice not having to scrounge around for food.
- off: I have been forced to scrounge off my 76-year-old mother who is on state benefits.
- up: He later switched to private practice, handling drug cases and whatever else he could scrounge up.
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Just as food scrounged off some poor bloke's plate is therefore calorie-free, shopping for " reduced " items is positively virtuous.
- up: This came about a year after the software's user community scrounged up the fee to file for a trademark for their beloved filter.
Used with why or when
what: We set off down a friendly little stream passage with Mark in the middle scrounging what little light spilled from the rest of us.
Particle object:
state: It's so nebulous a way of making money that it may as well be scrounging off the state.
Browse dictionary entries near scrounge
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