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- DictionaryScrounge/skrounj/
verb
- 1. seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth: "he had managed to scrounge a free meal"
noun
- 1. an act of scrounging: "we went for a scrounge"
1. : steal, swipe. 2. a. : to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing. scrounging enough money for a bus ticket. b. : finagle, wheedle often used with up. intransitive verb. : to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available.
to get something by asking for it instead of buying it or working for it, or to gather something you want or need from what is available: [ T ] Baxter scrounged furniture and equipment from local businesses. [ I ] A black cat scrounged through piles of litter.
Scrounge definition: to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it. See examples of SCROUNGE used in a sentence.
When you scrounge, you borrow, scavenge, or forage for something. Somehow or other, you're going to have to scrounge up enough money to pay your sister back for that loan.
1. To seek to obtain something by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation: scrounge for a cigarette. 2. To forage about in an effort to acquire something at no cost: scrounging around the kitchen for a late-night snack. [Alteration of dialectal scrunge, to steal .]
to get something by asking for it instead of buying it or working for it, or to gather something you want or need from what is available: [ T ] Baxter scrounged furniture and equipment from local businesses. [ I ] A black cat scrounged through piles of litter.
Definitions of 'scrounge'. If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it. [informal, disapproval] [...] More.
Jun 2, 2024 · scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged) (intransitive, transitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
verb. If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it. [informal, disapproval] Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park. [VERB noun]
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.
