scrooge /skɹuːd͡ʒ/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. •A grinch; one who dislikes the Christmas holidays. verb2 •To behave in a greedy or miserly way.He went back to live in Clayton with dad and tearfully explained to him about Aunt Eliza and her mean, scrooging ways. — 2010 •(dialect, US) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, then he scrooged again[.] — 1908 formsscrooged · scrooging · scrooges
