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scrounge

(skrounj)

v. scrounged, scroung·ing, scroung·es Informal

v.tr.

1. To obtain (something) by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation: scrounged a few dollars off my brother. See Synonyms at cadge.

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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scrounge

(skraʊndʒ)

1. (when: intr, sometimes foll by around) to search in order to acquire (something) without cost

2. to obtain or seek to obtain (something) by cadging or begging

[C20: variant of dialect scrunge to steal, of obscure origin]

ˈscrounger n

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scrounge

(skraʊndʒ)

v.t.

1. to borrow with no intention of repaying.

2. to assemble by foraging.

v.i.

3. to borrow something small that one is not expected to return.

[1905–10; alter. of dial. scringe to glean]

scroung′er, n.

scrounge

- First meant to live off or sponge off someone else; it is a variant of scrunge, "steal."

scrounge

Past participle: scrounged
Gerund: scrounging

Imperative
scrounge
scrounge

Present
I scrounge
you scrounge
he/she/it scrounges
we scrounge
you scrounge
they scrounge

Preterite
I scrounged
you scrounged
he/she/it scrounged
we scrounged
you scrounged
they scrounged

Present Continuous
I am scrounging
you are scrounging
he/she/it is scrounging
we are scrounging
you are scrounging
they are scrounging

Present Perfect
I have scrounged
you have scrounged
he/she/it has scrounged
we have scrounged
you have scrounged
they have scrounged

Past Continuous
I was scrounging
you were scrounging
he/she/it was scrounging
we were scrounging
you were scrounging
they were scrounging

Past Perfect
I had scrounged
you had scrounged
he/she/it had scrounged
we had scrounged
you had scrounged
they had scrounged

Future
I will scrounge
you will scrounge
he/she/it will scrounge
we will scrounge
you will scrounge
they will scrounge

Future Perfect
I will have scrounged
you will have scrounged
he/she/it will have scrounged
we will have scrounged
you will have scrounged
they will have scrounged

Future Continuous
I will be scrounging
you will be scrounging
he/she/it will be scrounging
we will be scrounging
you will be scrounging
they will be scrounging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scrounging
you have been scrounging
he/she/it has been scrounging
we have been scrounging
you have been scrounging
they have been scrounging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scrounging
you will have been scrounging
he/she/it will have been scrounging
we will have been scrounging
you will have been scrounging
they will have been scrounging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scrounging
you had been scrounging
he/she/it had been scrounging
we had been scrounging
you had been scrounging
they had been scrounging

Conditional
I would scrounge
you would scrounge
he/she/it would scrounge
we would scrounge
you would scrounge
they would scrounge

Past Conditional
I would have scrounged
you would have scrounged
he/she/it would have scrounged
we would have scrounged
you would have scrounged
they would have scrounged

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Verb	1.	scrounge - collect or look around for (food) forage hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" rustle - forage food
	2.	scrounge - obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" schnorr, shnorr, cadge beg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"

scrounge

verb (Informal) cadge, beg, sponge (informal), bum (informal), touch (someone) for (slang), blag (slang), wheedle, mooch (slang), forage for, hunt around (for), sorn (Scot.), freeload (slang), bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal) She had to scrounge the money.

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Translations

يَحْصَل على شَيء بالتَّوَسُّل

vyžebrat si

nasse

schnorren

sníkja

scroccare elemosinare rubacchiare

iškaulytikaulytikaulytojas

izkaulētizlūgties

vyžobrať si

otlakçılık etmek

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scrounge

[skraʊndʒ]

A. N to be on the scrounge (for sth) → ir sacando (algo) de gorra
to have a scrounge round for sth → ir por ahí pidiendo algo

B. VT → gorronear, gorrear
I scrounged a ticket → gorroneé una entrada
to scrounge sth from sb → gorronear algo a algn
can I scrounge a drink from you? → ¿me invitas a un trago?

C. VI to scrounge on or off sb → vivir a costa de algn
to scrounge around for sth → ir por ahí pidiendo algo

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scrounge

[ˈskraʊndʒ]

vt → taper
to scrounge sth off sb, to scrounge sth from sb → taper qch à qn
He tried to scrounge some money off me for his bus fare → Il a essayé de me taper de l'argent pour son ticket de bus.

vi → taper
to scrounge on sb → vivre aux crochets de qn
to scrounge for sth → taper qch

n
to be on the scrounge for sth → essayer de taper qch

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scrounge

(inf)

(= sponge) → schnorren (inf) → (off, from bei); he scrounged off his parents for years → er lag seinen Eltern jahrelang auf der Tasche (inf)

(= hunt) to scrounge around for something → nach etw herumsuchen

vt → schnorren (inf), → abstauben (inf) → (from, off bei)

n to be on the scrounge → am Schnorren or Abstauben sein (inf); he’s always on the scrounge for cigarettes → er schnorrt dauernd Zigaretten (inf)

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scrounge

[skraʊndʒ] (fam)

1. n to be on the scrounge (for sth) → scroccare (qc)
here he comes, on the scrounge again → eccolo, il solito scroccone

2. vt (gen) → scroccare
to scrounge sth off or from sb → scroccare qc a qn

3. vi to scrounge on or off sb → vivere alle spalle di qn

scrounge

(skraundʒ) verb

to get by begging from someone else. May I scrounge some coffee?

ˈscrounger noun

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