scrounge in English

verb

1

seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth.

he had managed to scrounge a free meal

synonyms: beg, borrow, cadge, sponge, bum, touch someone for, mooch

noun

1

an act of scrounging.

I will have a scrounge around today and see if I can find any more.

verb

beg, borrow, cadge, sponge, bum, touch someone for, mooch
cadge, schnorr
forage

Use "scrounge" in a sentence

1. Can you scrounge up some new furniture?

2. That brother of yours is always on the scrounge.

3. The station director had to scrounge some records.

4. I managed to scrounge the materials to build a shed.

5. Can I scrounge a cigarette off you?

6. Can I scrounge a cigarette from you?

7. Don't scrounge my pen without my allowance!

8. If you're on the scrounge again, I've no money.

9. I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.

10. She's always on the scrounge for cigarettes. Why doesn't she buy her own?

11. Another word for Cadge: scrounge, beg, bum, blag, mooch Collins English Thesaurus

12. We managed to scrounge some cigarettes because we had no money left.

13. Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park.

14. He was sleeping under old houses and eating what little he could scrounge.

15. We proceeded to send some one to Saigon to scrounge up building materials.

16. She couldn't hold a job. We'd been forced to scrounge for food in dumpsters.

17. 18 synonyms for Cadge: scrounge, beg, bum, blag, mooch, freeload, sponge, beg, bum, panhandle, mooch, bum

18. Synonyms for Cadge include beg, bum, mooch, scrounge, sponge, borrow, freeload, blag, bludge and hawk

19. A handful of displaced residents were allowed in to scrounge through rubble for their belongings.

20. She has a job now, but still goes back to her parents'house to scrounge food.

21. I will carry no more. You may scrounge what I have dropped upon the ground.

22. Alcoholics are mocked and tormented when they can not scrounge the kopek needed for their next drink.

23. They scrounge wiring, plasterboard, wood, all kinds of building materials from local firms and are rebuilding the charred structure.

24. 24 synonyms for Borrow: take on loan, touch (someone) for, scrounge, blag, mooch, cadge, use temporarily, take and return, steal, take, use, copy, adopt

25. A "Cluck" will often try to scrounge drugs, or small amounts of money to buy drugs, from anyone they know

26. Cadge verb scrounge, beg, bum (informal), blag (slang), mooch (slang), freeload (slang), sponge (informal) He asked if he could Cadge a ride from somebody

27. Cadge verb scrounge, beg, bum (informal), blag (slang), mooch (slang), freeload (slang), sponge (informal) He asked if he could Cadge a ride from somebody

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29. 1 definition found From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Cadge v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {Cadge}, {grub}, {sponge}] 2: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: {schnorr}, {shnorr}, {scrounge}, {Cadge}]