scrouge

[ skrouj, skrooj ]

verb (used with or without object),scrouged, scrouging.
  1. to squeeze; crowd.

Origin of scrouge

1
First recorded in 1820–30; blend of obsolete scruze (itself blend of screw and bruise) and gouge
  • Also scrooge [skrooj] /skrudʒ/ .

Words Nearby scrouge

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How to use scrouge in a sentence

  • He'd have made the young one scrouge himself up dreadful narrow an' wriggle himself free, somehow.

    The Brass Bound Box | Evelyn Raymond
  • And I thought wed haf to scrouge down over a whisp of fire to-night in the open.

  • De little chillun would scrouge around wid deir tin cups and dip into de pan for de bean, pea, or turnip pot liquor.

  • Then they would scrouge against each other like a couple of country schoolboys, to see who should get ahead.

  • "You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.

    Rose of Old Harpeth | Maria Thompson Daviess

British Dictionary definitions for scrouge

scrouge

/ (skraʊdʒ, skruːdʒ) /


verb
  1. (tr) dialect to crowd or press

Origin of scrouge

1
C18: alteration of C16 scruze to squeeze, perhaps blend of screw + squeeze

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