scrounging

scrounging is the present participle and gerund of scrounge.

Noun

scrounging (plural scroungings)

The act of one who scrounges.
- What mattered to Vincenzo may have been a temporary lack of money (his wild living led him into frequent scroungings for cash; he was a bit of a spendthrift).2002, Marie-Anne Lescourret, Rubens: A Portrait, page 160
(in plural) Material that has been scrounged.
- Most of them were armed but not wealthy, outfitted in battered leather and the scroungings of a half-dozen battlefields.2010, Liane Merciel, The River Kings' Road, page 110

scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)

(ambitransitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- scrounge for food
(intransitive) To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
- As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.
Synonyms:

blag, cadge, leech, sponge, freeload, mooch

plural	scroungings

What does scrounging mean?: Scrounging means the act of one who scrounges.
What is scrounging the present participle and gerund of?: Scrounging is the present participle and gerund of scrounge.
What part of speech is scrounging?: Scrounging is a noun.
What is the plural of scrounging?: The plural of scrounging is scroungings.

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