scrooge

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scrooges

1.
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
Đồng nghĩa: carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapskate, cheapo, churl, clutchfist, el cheapo, last of the big spenders, magpie, miser, moneygrubber, muckworm, nickel nurser, nig, niggard, nigon, nipcheese, nipfarthing, penny-father, penny pincher, pickpenny, piker, pinch-commons, pinch-gut, pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, scrimp, scrooge, snudge, squirrel, skinflint, tight-arse, tightwad
2.
A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scrooges

V_ing/Gerund

scrooging

V_ed/pp

scrooged

1.
To behave in a greedy or miserly way.
2.
(UK, US, dialectal)(UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

carlcheapasscheapiecheapskatecheapo churlclutchfistel cheapolast of the big spendersmagpie miser moneygrubber muckwormnickel nursernig niggardnigonnipcheesenipfarthingpenny-father

Cùng gốc / liên quan

scrooge-likebah humbug

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Nguồn gốc từ

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.