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scrounging down

scrounging down is the present participle and gerund of scrounge down.

Meaning of scrounge down

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To eat (something) heartily; to eat (all of something).
  2. Synonym of crouch.
    Synonyms:
    crouch

Questions about scrounging down

What is scrounging down the present participle and gerund of?
Scrounging down is the present participle and gerund of scrounge down.

Words near scrounging down in the dictionary

  1. scrounges up
  2. scroungier
  3. scroungiest
  4. scrounginess
  5. scrounging
  6. scrounging down
  7. scrounging out
  8. scrounging up
  9. scroungings
  10. scroungy
  11. scrow

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