What does scrouge mean?
Scrouge means (UK, dialect and US, colloquial, transitive) To crowd; to squeeze..
Scrouge
/skɹaʊd͡ʒ/ · verb
Meaning
(UK, dialect and US, colloquial, transitive) To crowd; to squeeze..
Example Sentences
Well, pretty soon the whole town was there, squirming and scrouging and pushing and shoving to get at the window and have a look[…]
I look for veiled eyes or bodies scrouged into a seat in an alien world.
We stayed up till eleven, sitting on the stairs, on the floor, and scrouged into the day room, surrounded by stacks of GI clothes.
Synonyms for scrouge
Antonyms for scrouge
Related Words
Word Forms
- scrouges
- scrouging
- scrouged
- scrooge
- scrowdge
- scrudge
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How do you use scrouge in a sentence?
Well, pretty soon the whole town was there, squirming and scrouging and pushing and shoving to get at the window and have a look[…]
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