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"etymology_text": "1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge (\"to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer\") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe (\"to pry about\"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge (\"push, jostle\") (1755, also Cockney slang for \"a crowd\"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.",
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"word": "comer la sopa boba"
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"word": "abstauben"
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"word": "aşırmak"
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"word": "pummata"
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"word": "profiter"
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"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "schnorren"
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"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "scroccare"
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"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "pati"
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"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "whakapati"
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"word": "pīnono"
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "bolsear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another",
"word": "comer la sopa boba"
}
],
"word": "scrounge"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/aʊndʒ",
"Rhymes:English/aʊndʒ/1 syllable",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_text": "1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge (\"to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer\") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe (\"to pry about\"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge (\"push, jostle\") (1755, also Cockney slang for \"a crowd\"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scrounges",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scrounge (plural scrounges)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "scringe"
},
{
"word": "scrooge"
},
{
"word": "scrouge"
},
{
"word": "scrunge"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Someone who scrounges; a scrounger."
],
"links": [
[
"scrounger",
"scrounger"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɹaʊnd͡ʒ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊndʒ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-scrounge.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-us-scrounge.ogg/En-us-scrounge.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/En-us-scrounge.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "scrounge"
}
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