scrounger

scrounge

 (skrounj)

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

v.tr.

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

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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scroung′er n.

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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.

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Translations

vyžírka

nasser

NassauerNassauerinSchnorrer

harácsoló

maîur sem sníkir af öîrum

scrocconeladruncolo

snylter

podliak

otlakçı

乞讨者

scrounger

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

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scrounger

[ˈskraʊndʒə^r] n → tapeur/euse m/f

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scrounger

n (inf) → Schnorrer(in) m(f) (inf)

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scrounger

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

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scrounge

(skraundʒ) verb

to get by begging from someone else. May I scrounge some coffee? leen يَحْصَل على شَيء بالتَّوَسُّل изпросвам esmolar vyžebrat si schnorren nasse κάνω τράκα gorrear lunima سر كيسه كردن pummata taper לְשנוֹרֵר उड़ा लेना, इकट्ठा करना, खोजना žicati potyázik memohon sníkja scroccare ねだる 신세를 지다 (iš)kaulyti izlūgties; izkaulēt mengecek untuk mendapatkan sesuatu schooientigge, rappe, knabbewyprosić, wyżebrać لیف کول cravar a tapa (de) попрошайничать vyžobrať si žicati iskamčiti snylta (tigga) sig till ขอบริจาค otlakçılık etmek 乞討，索取 старцювати; випрошувати چیزیں ہتھیانا xin, ăn xin 乞讨，讨要

ˈscrounger noun

lener مَن يَعيش على حِساب غَيْرِه وبالتَّوَسُّل муфтаджия parasita vyžírka der/die Schnorrer(in) nasser τρακαδόρος gorrón hulgus, parasiit تلكه گير pummi tapeur/-euse שנורר खोजने वाला, ढूंढ़ने वाला žicer tolvaj, harácsoló pemohon maður sem sníkir af öðrum scroccone ねだる人 식객 kaulytojas lūdzējs; diedelnieks pengecek scharrelaarsnylter pieczeniarz تلكه parasita întreţinut попрошайка podliak, gauner žicar koji iskamči snyltare ผู้ขอบริจาค otlakçı 乞討者 старець, жебрак اٹھائی گیر، مفت خور người ăn xin 乞讨者

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