SCROUNGE
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
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.
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (obtain from another): blag, cadge (UK), leech, sponge, wheedle
Noun
scrounge (plural scrounges)
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
Anagrams
• congrues
Source: Wiktionary
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