Synonyms of the word cadge


CADGEBEG - BUM - GRUB - MOOCH - OBTAIN - SCROUNGE - SHNORR - SPONGE

cadge

  • n. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
  • v. (Geordie) To beg.
  • v. (US, Britain, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might…
  • v. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.

beg

  • v. (intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
  • v. (transitive) to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
  • v. (transitive) to assume, in the phrase beg the question.
  • v. (proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase beg the question.
  • v. (law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
  • n. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey.
  • abbr. (knitting) beginning.

bum

  • n. The buttocks.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
  • n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
  • interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
  • n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
  • v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
  • adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • adj. Unfair.
  • adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  • adj. Unpleasant.
  • v. To depress; to make unhappy.
  • n. (dated) A humming noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
  • n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

grub

  • n. (countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
  • n. (uncountable, slang) Food.
  • n. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
  • v. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
  • v. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
  • v. (slang) To supply with food.

mooch

  • v. (Britain) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
  • v. To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
  • v. (Britain) To steal or filch.
  • n. One who mooches; a moocher.

obtain

  • v. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
  • v. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

scrounge

  • v. To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
  • v. To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
  • n. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

shnorr

  • v. Alternative spelling of shnor.

sponge

  • n. (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton…
  • n. (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often…
  • n. (uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
  • n. (informal) A heavy drinker.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake; sponge cake.
  • n. (countable, uncountable, Britain) A type of steamed pudding.
  • n. (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak…
  • n. (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
  • n. Any spongelike substance.
  • n. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered…
  • n. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
  • v. (transitive) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
  • v. (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
  • v. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
  • v. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
  • v. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
  • v. (intransitive) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

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