scrooge

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see also: Scrooge

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɹuːdʒ/

Noun

scrooge (plural scrooges)

1. A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:miser

Translations

• French: avare, grigou, harpagon, grippe-sou
• German: Geizhals, Geizkragen
• Italian: avaro, tirchio, taccagno, spilorcio
• Portuguese: sovina
• Russian: скупе́ц
• Spanish: tacaño, roñoso

Verb

scrooge (scrooges, present participle scrooging; past and past participle scrooged)

1. (UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).

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Scrooge

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɹuːdʒ/

Proper noun

1. The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Synonyms

• Ebenezer Scrooge

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