Scrounging

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who scrounges.

    "What mattered to Vincenzo may have been a temporary lack of money (his wild living led him into frequent scroungings for cash; he was a bit of a spendthrift)."

  2. 2
    Material that has been scrounged. in-plural

    "Most of them were armed but not wealthy, outfitted in battered leather and the scroungings of a half-dozen battlefields."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scrounge form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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abstractionannexationappropriationbeggarybeggingbone-lazy

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"There were hyenas in the area scrounging around for food."

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