"scrouge" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /skɹaʊd͡ʒ/ Forms: scrouges [present, singular, third-person], scrouging [participle, present], scrouged [participle, past], scrouged [past]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly related to shrug. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|shrug}} shrug Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrouge (third-person singular simple present scrouges, present participle scrouging, simple past and past participle scrouged)
  1. (UK, dialect and US, colloquial, transitive) To crowd; to squeeze. Tags: UK, US, colloquial, dialectal, transitive Synonyms: scrooge, scrowdge, scrudge Translations (to crowd, to squeeze): толпи́ться (tolpítʹsja) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scrouge-en-verb-u4b8l296 Categories (other): American English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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