SCROUNGE AROUND

Meaning of SCROUNGE AROUND in English

look in many places for an item or items We didn`t have enough wood for the small building so we had to scrounge around the neighborhood to find some.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SCROUNGE AROUND — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To search for an object aimlessly without having one clearly in mind. * /I don't know …
Slang English vocab
SCROUNGE AROUND — v. ( colloq. ) ( D ; intr. ) ('to scavenge') to ~ for
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SCROUNGE AROUND — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To search for an object aimlessly without having one clearly in mind. * /I don't know …
Словарь английских идиом
SCROUNGE AROUND — v. phr. , slang 1. To search for an object aimlessly without having one clearly in mind. I don't know …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SCROUNGE AROUND — phrvi infml He scrounged around in people's desks looking for a pen — Он рылся в ящиках чужих столов в поисках …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SCROUNGE AROUND — phrvi infml He scrounged around in people's desks looking for a pen — Он рылся в ящиках чужих столов в …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SCROUNGE AROUND — scrounge around phrvi infml He scrounged around in people's desks looking for a pen Он рылся в ящиках чужих столов …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SCROUNGE AROUND — He scrounged around in people's desks looking for a pen — Он рылся в ящиках чужих столов в поисках ручки …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SCROUNGE AROUND — v. phr. слоняться, тыкаться в разные стороны: John and Bill were out of money and they just scrounged around from …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SCROUNGE — verb (~d; scrounging) Etymology: alteration of English dialect scrunge to wander about idly Date: circa 1909 transitive verb steal , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCROUNGE — I. ˈskrau̇nj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration of English dialect scrunge to wander about idly transitive verb 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — /skrownj/ , v. , scrounged, scrounging , n. v.t. 1. to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — v. hunt for and gather up, forage; borrow something without intending to return or repay it (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCROUNGE — verb ( scrounged ; scroung·ing ) Etymology: alteration of English dialect scrunge to wander about idly Date: circa 1909 transitive …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
SCROUNGE — informal ■ verb seek to obtain (something) at the expense of others or by stealth. ↘(often ~ something up ) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCROUNGE — [scrounge] vb scrounged ; scroung.ing [alter. of E dial. scrunge to wander about idly] vt (ca. 1909) 1: steal, swipe …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCROUNGE — scrounge BrE AmE skraʊn d ʒ ▷ scrounged skraʊn d ʒd ▷ scrounges ˈskraʊn d ʒ ɪz -əz ▷ scrounging …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — / skraʊndʒ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb scrounge (sth) (off / from sb) | scrounge (for sth) ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — I. scrounge 1 /skraʊndʒ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] informal [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: scrunge 'to steal' (1900-2000) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCROUNGE — v. & n. colloq. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) obtain (things) illicitly or by cadging. 2 intr. search about to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCROUNGE — v. & n. colloq. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) obtain (things) illicitly or by cadging. 2 intr. search about to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — v. & n. colloq. --v. 1. tr. (also absol.) obtain (things) illicitly or by cadging. 2 intr. search about to …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
SCROUNGE — ( scrounges, scrounging, scrounged) If you say that someone scrounges something such as food or money, you disapprove of them …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCROUNGE — (~s, scrounging, ~d) If you say that someone ~s something such as food or money, you disapprove of them because …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SCROUNGE — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Nigel scrounged a drink off us before we left. ▪ We managed to scrounge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bug is going around (= a lot of people have it ) ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCROUNGE — [noun] [U] [disapproving or humorous]Someone who is on the scrounge is trying to obtain something without having to pay for …
Cambridge English vocab
SCROUNGE — Synonyms and related words : abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, beg, boost, borrow, bum, cadge, cadger, come up with, cop, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCROUNGE — One who continually uses others for selfish material gain. Example: That scrounge is always asking me for a favor.
Slang English vocab
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCROUNGE — See ↑ ASK 14
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
SCROUNGE — v. 25B6; verb (informal) BEG, borrow; informal cadge, sponge, bum, touch someone for; Brit. informal scab; N. Amer. informal mooch; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCROUNGE — v. ( colloq. ) 1) ( D ; intr. ) ('to scavenge') to ~ for 2) ( D ; tr. …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SCROUNGE — v. 1 ferret out, seek out, nose or smell out, come up with, scrape together or up, scratch up; importune, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SCROUNGE — гл.; разг. 1) воровать, красть 2) попрошайничать, побираться (сленг) стянуть, стибрить; добыть - to * smb.s cigarettes стащить у кого-л. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCROUNGE — v сл. 1. стянуть, стибрить; добыть to scrounge smb.'s cigarettes smb.'s paper, smb.'s wallet - стащить у кого-л. сигареты бумагу, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AROUND — around.ogg 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AROUND — around нареч.1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn:everywhere, all …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SCROUNGE — v сл. 1. стянуть, стибрить; добыть to scrounge smb.'s cigarettes smb.'s paper, smb.'s wallet - стащить у кого-л. сигареты бумагу, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around and …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn: everywhere, all over 2) в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AROUND — 1. _adv. 1> всюду, кругом 2> в окружности; в обхвате; the tree measures four feet around - дерево имеет четыре …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AROUND — 1. adv. 1. всюду, кругом 2. в окружности; в обхвате; the tree measures four feet around - дерево имеет четыре …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
AROUND — 1. _adv. 1> всюду, кругом 2> в окружности; в обхвате; the tree measures four feet around дерево имеет четыре фута …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SCROUNGE — vt infml He was sleeping under the bridge and eating what little he could scrounge — Он спал под мостом и …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
AROUND — I adj infml It'll be useful to have her around — Она нам всегда пригодится There just weren't any girls around at …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SCROUNGE — vt infml He was sleeping under the bridge and eating what little he could scrounge — Он спал под мостом …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики

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