scrounge
INFORMAL
scrounge /skraʊndʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
scrounge noun
علیق جمع آوری کردن، تلاش کردن، تلاش، تکاپو، صرفه جویی کردن
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Synonyms & Related Wordsscrounge(Informal)[verb]Synonyms: cadge, beg, blag
(slang), bum
(informal), freeload
(slang), sponge
(informal) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. scrounge1 /skraʊndʒ/
verb [intransitive and transitive] 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 for foodscrounge something off/from somebody I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.scrounge around (for something) American English:
Leroy would scrounge around for old car parts.—scrounger noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. scrounge2 noun be on the scrounge British English informal to be trying to get money or things you want by asking other people for them
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