scrounge

Plural: scrounges

Verb

Verb Forms: scrounged, scrounging, scrounges

To gather by foraging or seeking; to cadge.
collect or look around for (food)
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.

Noun

Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

Examples

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.
He had to SCROUNGE for every point, barely beating his Words With Friends opponent.
scrounge for food

Origin / Etymology

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.

Synonyms

cadge, forage, schnorr, shnorr, beg, blag, bum, leech, mooch, scrounge, sponge, tap, wheedle

Scrabble Score: 11

scrounge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scrounge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scrounge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

scrounge: valid Words With Friends Word