scrooge

== English == === Etymology 1 === From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -uːd͡ʒ ==== Noun ==== scrooge (plural scrooges) A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:miser A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays. ===== Derived terms ===== scrooge-like ==== Verb ==== scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged) To behave in a greedy or miserly way. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== bah humbug === Etymology 2 === Variant of scrouge. ==== Verb ==== scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged) (UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.). == Yola == === Etymology === Cognate with English scrooge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skruːd͡ʒ/ === Verb === scrooge to squeeze === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[4], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160