Scrounge

Pronunciation

Full definition of scrounge

Verb

1. To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
• 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling StoneNow you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
2. To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.

Synonyms

• (obtain from another) blag, cadge UK, leech, sponge, wheedle

Derived terms

• scrounger

Noun

1. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.