Definition of scrounging Scrounging

/skɹawˈnʤɪŋ/ - [skrawnjing] -

We found 3 definitions of scrounging from 2 different sources.

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What does scrounging mean?

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  • scrounging (Verb)
    Present participle of scrounge.

Part of speech

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  • scrounging, verb, gerund of scrounge (infinitive).

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

scrounges, scrounging, scrounged  

scrounge - collect or look around for (food)
  forage
  hunt down, track down, hunt, run pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
  rustle make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
scrounge - obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
  schnorr, shnorr, cadge
  beg call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
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  • scrounge (Noun)
    Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
  • scrounge (Verb)
    To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
  • scrounge (Verb)
    To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.

Part of speech

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  • scrounge, verb, present, 1st person singular of scrounge (infinitive).
  • scrounge, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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Sign Language

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