Scrooge
pronunciation
How to pronounce Scrooge in British English:
UK [skru:dʒ]
How to pronounce Scrooge in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Word Origin
- Scrooge (n.)
- generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname, but it is an 18c. variant of scrounge.
Example
- 1. Scrooge 's dilemma is forced upon him by basic physics .
- 2. Ebenezer scrooge : what do you want with me ?
- 3. It is that time of year again , when I sit down like scrooge , doing the books .
- 4. After his nephew left , two gentlemen came into scrooge 's office .
- 5. At last they began to fade , but scrooge looked fixedly at them , and especially at tiny tim .