Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - scrounge
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Scrounge
scrounge
~1 v informal to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself (scrounge (sth) off/from sb) (I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.) - scrounger n ~2 n be on the scrounge BrE informal to be trying to get money or things you want by asking other people for them
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1.
(scrounges, scrounging, scrounged) If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it. (INFORMAL) Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park... The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food. VERB: V n, V for n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb (~d; scrounging) Etymology: alteration of English dialect scrunge to wander about idly Date: circa 1909 transitive verb 1. steal, swipe 2. a. to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing scrounging enough money for a bus ticket b. finagle, wheedle — often used with up intransitive verb to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available; also to actively seek money, work, or sustenance from any available source • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. colloq. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) obtain (things) illicitly or by cadging. 2 intr. search about to find something at no cost. --n. an act of scrounging. Phrases and idioms on the scrounge engaged in scrounging. Derivatives scrounger n. Etymology: var. of dial. scrunge steal ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. сл. стянуть, стибрить; добыть to scrounge smb.s cigarettes —- стащить у кого-л. сигареты to scrounge around for smth. —- искать возможности украсть что-л.; рыскать в поисках того, что плохо лежит; искать, разыскивать to scrounge around for smth. to eat —- шарить в поисках съестного 2. клянчить, выпрашивать, попрошайничать to scrounge on smb. —- ам. жить на чей-л. счет ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge "to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer" (1909), of uncertain origin. Modern meaning popularized by the military in World War I. Perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge "push, jostle" (1755, Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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