Now you dont seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
As long as hes got someone wholl let him scrounge off them, hell never settle down and get a full-time job.
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Scrounge — is an Autobot from the Marvel comics universe. His alternate mode was some sort of Cybertronian Unicycle (or simply a wheel).Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Scrounge caption = affiliation =Autobot subgroup =None function… … Wikipedia
scrounge — [ skraundʒ ] verb intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to get something you want by asking someone for it instead of providing it or paying for it yourself ╾ scrounge noun count ╾ scroung|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scrounge — to acquire by irregular means, 1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dial. scringe to pry about. Popularized by the military in World War I. Perhaps related to… … Etymology dictionary
scrounge — [v] beg, forage for bum, freeload, hunt, sponge, wheedle; concepts 48,216 Ant. give, offer … New thesaurus
scrounge — informal ► VERB ▪ seek to obtain (something) from others without having to pay or work for it. ► NOUN ▪ an act or the action of scrounging. DERIVATIVES scrounger noun. ORIGIN variant of dialect scrunge «steal» … English terms dictionary
scrounge — [skrounj] vt. scrounged, scrounging [prob. altered < SCROUGE] Informal 1. to manage to get or find by hunting around: usually with up 2. to get by begging or sponging; mooch 3. to take without permission; pilfer vi. Informal to seek ( around)… … English World dictionary
scrounge — scrounge1 [skraundʒ] v [I and T] informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: scrunge to steal (1900 2000)] to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself scrounge for ▪ a group of children scrounging … Dictionary of contemporary English
scrounge — UK [skraʊndʒ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms scrounge : present tense I/you/we/they scrounge he/she/it scrounges present participle scrounging past tense scrounged past participle scrounged informal to get something that you want… … English dictionary
scrounge — v. (colloq.) 1) (D; intr.) ( to scavenge ) to scrounge for 2) (D; tr.) ( to wheedle ) to scrounge from (he scrounged a cigarette from me) * * * [skraʊndʒ] (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to scavenge ) to scrounge for (D; tr.) ( to wheedle ) to scrounge… … Combinatory dictionary
scrounge — /skrownj/, v., scrounged, scrounging, n. v.t. 1. to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette. 2. to gather together by foraging; seek out: We ll try to scrounge enough food for supper… … Universalium
scrounge — 1 verb (I, T) informal to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself: scrounge (sth) off/from sb: I managed to scrounge some money off my dad. scrounger noun (C) 2 noun be on the scrounge… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
