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Word: Scrounge
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 20th century: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skraʊn(d)ʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth
Short Definition:seek to obtain something
Examples:- he had managed to scrounge a free meal
- we stopped scrounging for cigarettes
- we didn't scrounge off the social security
Word: Scrounge
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skraʊn(d)ʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an act of scrounging
Short Definition:act of scrounging
Examples:- we went for a scrounge
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