scrounger (redirected from scroungers)

scrounge  (skrounj)

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

v.tr.

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

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.

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[Alteration of dialectal scrunge, to steal.]

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scrounger n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) cadger, mooch, moocher beggar, mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging schnorrer, shnorrer - (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others

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scrounger

noun parasite, freeloader (slang), sponger (informal), bum (informal), cadger, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), sorner (Scot.) They are just scroungers.

Translations

scrounger [ˈskraʊndʒəʳ] N → gorrón/ona m/f, sablista mf

scrounger [ˈskraʊndʒə^r] n → tapeur/euse m/f >

scrounger

n (inf) → Schnorrer(in) m(f) (inf)

scrounger [ˈskraʊndʒəʳ] n (fam) → scroccone/a; (on society) → parassita m