scrooge

See also: Scrooge

English

Etymology 1

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skɹuːdʒ/

Noun

scrooge (plural scrooges)

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

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:miser

Translations

miserly person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 吝啬鬼 (zh)
Czech: držgrešle (cs) m, skrblík (cs) m, lakomec (cs) m
Dutch: vrek (nl) m, gierigaard (nl) m, krentenkakker (nl) m, krent (nl) m or f, schraper (nl) m
Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
French: avare (fr) m or f, grigou (fr) m, harpagon (fr) m, grippe-sou (fr)
German: Geizhals (de) m, Geizkragen (de) m

Italian: avaro (it) m, tirchio (it) m, taccagno (it) m, spilorcio (it) m
Persian: اسکروج‎ (eskoruj)
Polish: skąpiec (pl) m, sknera (pl) m, sknera (pl) f, sknerus (pl) m
Portuguese: sovina (pt) m or f
Russian: скупе́ц (ru) m (skupéc), скря́га (ru) m or f (skrjága)
Spanish: tacaño (es) m, roñoso (es) m
Vilamovian: gȧjcwonst m, gȧjcwenst pl

Etymology 2

Verb

scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)

(Britain, US, dialectal) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).

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