scrounge

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
2. To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.

Noun

Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

Conceptos

gorronear

embestir

pechar

Sinónimos

cadge

forage

rifle

schnorr

shnorr

crib

defalcate

embezzle

grapple

grasp

gripe

hum

kidnap

mooch

nab

poach

beg

rape

ravish

rob

scab

seize

snap

snatch

snitch

spoil

sponge

🧽

steal

swipe

thieve

tear from

purloin

borrow

catch

clutch

cop

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/skɹaʊnd͡ʒ/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.