scrounge, forage
(verb) collect or look around for (food)
schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
• (obtain from another): blag, cadge (UK), leech, sponge, wheedle
scrounge (plural scrounges)
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
• congrues
Source: Wiktionary
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
