scrounger

scrounger
noun see scrounge

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • scrounger — index parasite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • scrounger — noun don t give your money to that scrounger Syn: beggar, borrower, parasite, cadger; informal sponger, freeloader, mooch, moocher, bum, bottom feeder, schnorrer …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • scrounger — scrounge informal ► VERB ▪ seek to obtain (something) from others without having to pay or work for it. ► NOUN ▪ an act or the action of scrounging. DERIVATIVES scrounger noun. ORIGIN variant of dialect scrunge «steal» …   English terms dictionary

  • scrounger — See scrounge. * * * …   Universalium

  • scrounger — noun One who scrounges …   Wiktionary

  • scrounger — Synonyms and related words: beggar, body snatcher, booster, bum, bummer, cadger, chicken thief, con man, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, hobo, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land grabber,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • scrounger — scroung·er || skraÊŠndÊ’É™(r) n. one who lives at the expense of others, one who borrows from other people without repaying (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scrounger — scroung·er …   English syllables

  • scrounger — See: scrounge …   English dictionary

  • scrounger — noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) • Syn: ↑moocher, ↑mooch, ↑cadger • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrounge, ↑cadge (for: ↑cadger), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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