Scrounge | Mean of scrounge in English Dictionary

/ˈskraʊnʤ/

• Verb
• to persuade someone to give you (something) for free
1. I managed to scrounge enough money for a bus ticket.
2. I scrounged a few bucks off my friend for lunch.
3. She scrounged some money from her folks.
4. He's always scrounging off his friends instead of paying for things himself.
• to get or find something by looking in different places, asking different people, etc.
1. We scrounged around for firewood.
2. We managed to scrounge some firewood.
3. I tried to scrounge up some tickets to the show, but I didn't have any luck.