scrouge

[ skrouj, skrooj ]
/ skraʊdʒ, skrudʒ /

verb (used with or without object), scrouged, scrouging.

to squeeze; crowd.
Also scrooge.

Origin of scrouge

1820–30; blend of obsolete scruze (itself blend of screw and bruise) and gouge

Words nearby scrouge

scrotectomy, scrotitis, scrotocele, scrotoplasty, scrotum, scrouge, scrounge, scrounge around, scrounge up, scroungy, scrovegni chapel

Example sentences from the Web for scrouge

  • I think we ought to scrouge down under something until the snow stops.

    The Corner House Girls Snowbound |Grace Brooks Hill

  • "You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.

    Rose of Old Harpeth |Maria Thompson Daviess

  • And I thought wed haf to scrouge down over a whisp of fire to-night in the open.

    The Corner House Girls' Odd Find |Grace Brooks Hill

  • He'd have made the young one scrouge himself up dreadful narrow an' wriggle himself free, somehow.

    The Brass Bound Box |Evelyn Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for scrouge

scrouge
/ (skraʊdʒ, skruːdʒ) /

verb

(tr) dialect to crowd or press

Word Origin for scrouge

C18: alteration of C16 scruze to squeeze, perhaps blend of screw + squeeze