Also scroung·er (for defs 4, 6).

Origin of scrounge

First recorded in 1905–10; alteration of dial. scringe to glean

Words nearby scrounge

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

Words related to scrounger

parasite, burglar, sniper, pickpocket, bandit, crook, swindler, criminal, pirate, robber, mugger, vagabond, panhandler, bum, sycophant, sponge, barnacle, bloodsucker, freeloader, stooge

Example sentences from the Web for scrounger

  • Desperately we got up to look round for some shelter, and George, our champion "scrounger," discovered a chicken-house.

    Adventures of a Despatch Rider |W. H. L. Watson

British Dictionary definitions for scrounger

scrounge
/ (skraʊndʒ) /

verb informal

(when intr, sometimes foll by around) to search in order to acquire (something) without cost
to obtain or seek to obtain (something) by cadging or begging

Derived forms of scrounge

scrounger, noun

Word Origin for scrounge

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