scrounged; scrounging
: to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available
also
: to actively seek money, work, or sustenance from any available source
scrounger
noun
Synonyms
Examples of scrounge in a Sentence
I managed to scrounge enough money for a bus ticket.
He's always scrounging off his friends instead of paying for things himself.
We scrounged around for firewood.
We managed to scrounge some firewood.
Recent Examples on the Web
Patrick never quite made the big leagues and is now more or less washed up, sleeping in his car and scrounging for food while counting on prize money, or at least an entrant’s fee, to get him to the next match.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
With the effort to read the HEROES Act, passed after 9/11, to allow blanket debt cancellation for millions having been rebuked by the Supreme Court, White House lawyers have scrounged around the statute books looking for other loopholes to sneak their preferred policies through.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian troops said they are often forced to scrounge for their drones, despite pledges from the government to produce thousands of them.
—Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The fact that Haley, and other, non-hypothetical independent candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., can scrounge up double-digit support in some polls at this stage in the campaign is neither particularly unusual nor impressive.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
Now a drifter scrounging by on an underground fight circuit, Dalton is offered a job by Frankie (Williams) to work as a bouncer at her bar in the Florida Keys.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
The squirrels do their own repairs, and scrounge eBay for replacement parts on the newer units.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
Instead of pausing the production, production managers pressed ahead by scrounging up a couple new camera operators.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
This is also a year characterized by high levels of interest in the secondary markets, as investors and employees scrounge for liquidity.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
With the effort to read the HEROES Act, passed after 9/11, to allow blanket debt cancellation for millions having been rebuked by the Supreme Court, White House lawyers have scrounged around the statute books looking for other loopholes to sneak their preferred policies through.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian troops said they are often forced to scrounge for their drones, despite pledges from the government to produce thousands of them.
—Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The fact that Haley, and other, non-hypothetical independent candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., can scrounge up double-digit support in some polls at this stage in the campaign is neither particularly unusual nor impressive.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
Now a drifter scrounging by on an underground fight circuit, Dalton is offered a job by Frankie (Williams) to work as a bouncer at her bar in the Florida Keys.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
The squirrels do their own repairs, and scrounge eBay for replacement parts on the newer units.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
Instead of pausing the production, production managers pressed ahead by scrounging up a couple new camera operators.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
This is also a year characterized by high levels of interest in the secondary markets, as investors and employees scrounge for liquidity.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrounge. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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scrounge
verb
scrounged; scrounging
1
: to collect by or as if by rummaging
scrounge around for firewood
2
: to get by coaxing or persuading
scrounge a dollar from a friend
scrounger
noun
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