Sekirov Dictionary

scrounge

/ˈskɹaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 3

noun2

•
An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.
- "Still, it's not much good sending you two off on a medical supplies scrounge. What about food and general stores? Suit you?" — 1951
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

verb2

•
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal. — 1965
•
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.

forms

scrounged · scrounging · scrounges

Phrases with scrounge

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