See Also: scrounge(dictionary)
scrounge 1, verb(dictionary)
scrounge 2, noun(dictionary)

scrounge (iou)



scrounge verb & noun. Orig. dial. E20.
[Prob. alt. of SCRINGE verb1. Cf. SCUNGE verb.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Sponge on or live at the expense of others. Also foll. by off. E20.
R. Westall I could go and scrounge off the parents for the rest of the vac.
a. verb intrans. Seek to obtain something by stealth or at the expense or through generosity of another or others; hunt around. Freq. foll. by for. E20.
C. Ryan Forced to scrounge for food, the troopers were living on apples.
b. verb trans. Obtain (something) by stealth in this way. E20.
J. Trollope I'm afraid..I've come to scrounge a bottle of wine. Economist Employers are scrounging technical whizzes from wherever they can find them.
b. noun.
The action or an act of scrounging. Freq. in on the scrounge. E20.
A person who scrounges. M20.
scrounger noun E20.
scroungy adjective (colloq., orig. & chiefly US) (a) shabby, dirty; disreputable; (b) of poor quality, inferior: M20.