scrounge

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scrounges

V_ing/Gerund

scrounging

V_ed/pp

scrounged

1.
(ambitransitive)To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
scrounge for food
2.
(intransitive)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.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scrounges

1.
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
2.
An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

on the scroungescrounge upscrounge downscrounge outscrounger scringe scrooge scrouge scrunge

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Nguồn gốc từ

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.