"scrooge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrooge.wav Forms: scrooges [plural]
Rhymes: -uːd͡ʒ Etymology: From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrooge (plural scrooges)
  1. A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. Synonyms: miser
    Sense id: en-scrooge-en-noun-tjxTTPue Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Money, Stock characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of Money: 89 1 10 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 91 5 4
  2. A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.
    Sense id: en-scrooge-en-noun-5AfyoISq Categories (other): A Christmas Carol, People Disambiguation of A Christmas Carol: 9 74 17 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scrooge-like Related terms: bah humbug
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: scrooges [present, singular, third-person], scrooging [participle, present], scrooged [participle, past], scrooged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)
  1. (UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.). Tags: UK, US, dialectal
    Sense id: en-scrooge-en-verb-9I-Prg1s Categories (other): American English, British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Yola]

IPA: /skruːd͡ʒ/
Etymology: Cognate with English scrooge. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|scrooge}} English scrooge Head templates: {{head|yol|verb}} scrooge
  1. to squeeze
    Sense id: en-scrooge-yol-verb-iQhnZRH4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yola entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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