What does "scrooge" mean?

A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.

What is a synonym for "scrooge"?

Common synonyms include: churl, niggard, skinflint, carl, cheap charlie, cheapass.

//skɹuːd͡ʒ// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
2
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend wordnet
3
A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.

Verb

1
To behave in a greedy or miserly way.
"Mr. Chairman, $6 million is 15 times more than what the President earns and 30 times more than what a Cabinet Secretary earns. The Christmas Eve announcement of these bonuses was greeted by one commentator by saying the taxpayers got scrooged."
2
To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.). UK, US, dialectal
"So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, then he scrooged again[.]"