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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
