English

Verb

scrounge ‎(third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)

1. To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone

     Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.

2. 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.

Synonyms

• (obtain from another): blag, cadge (UK), leech, sponge, wheedle

Derived terms

• scrounger

Translations

Noun

scrounge ‎(plural scrounges)

1. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

Translations

See also

• scringe
• scrooge
• scrouge
• scrunge