by The daily smokers April 07, 2009
British slang for obtaining goods and services without having to pay for them. The word can be used in two rather different ways:
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 “I see Jan’s mumping drinks again.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
by AKACroatalin March 15, 2019
British slang for obtaining goods or services without having to pay for them. This can be for personal advantage or to further a project or piece of work; it can also be to obtain goods, materials or money for a charitable organisation.
How did you get the job finished so quickly?
Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some plastic piping, brand new, that someone had dumped in a skip.
Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some plastic piping, brand new, that someone had dumped in a skip.
by Croatalin March 30, 2014
A militant offshoot of The Lounge forums. No one can quite say why it was formed, but it is strictly a mong free zone.
by Skutchgrass February 01, 2007
To obtain something by means of clever and resourceful investigation and surreptitious action. The careful and prudent scrounger never reveals his sources, or whether the scrounged object was stolen or merely liberated from its surroundings.
A scrounger is an important and valued person in prison camps, jails, and college dormatories.
A scrounger is an important and valued person in prison camps, jails, and college dormatories.
by Bumkicker Slade May 10, 2005
by JesusinaJello February 21, 2006
The act of scavenging crumbs off the floor of a Hilton Hotel lounge because you couldnt afford breakfast.
Ever heard of a complimentory breakfast Paris? Fucking skank bitch.
Scrounging. Breakfast of champions.
Scrounging. Breakfast of champions.
by Vulch5 September 16, 2015