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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scrounge       [skrounj] Pronunciation Key verb, scrounged, scroung·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
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 from the neighbors.
–verb (used without object)
3.to borrow, esp. a small item one is not expected to return or replace.
–noun
4.a habitual borrower; sponger.
5.an act or instance of scrounging.
6.a person who exists by foraging. Also, scrounger (for defs. 4, 6).
—Verb phrase
7.scrounge around, to search or forage for something, esp. in a haphazard or disorganized fashion; hunt for: We scrounged around for something to eat.
[Origin: 1905–10; alter. of dial. scringe to glean]
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scrounge       (skrounj)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   scrounged, scroung·ing, scroung·es Slang

v.   tr.
  1. To obtain (something) by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation: scrounged a few dollars off my brother.
  2. To obtain by salvaging or foraging; round up.

v.   intr.
  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.]

scroung'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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 scrouge, scrooge "push, jostle" (1755, Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scrounge

verb
1. collect or look around for (food) 
2. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: schnorr] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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