scrooge B2 Topic:People & Society US /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual Freq #10012 Meanings 1 noun A person who hates spending money; a miser. Everyone called him a scrooge because he never bought anyone a gift. 2 noun A person who is grumpy and dislikes the Christmas holidays. Don't be such a scrooge and come to the Christmas party. 3 verb To behave in a mean or stingy way with money. He scrooged on every detail to keep the wedding cheap. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who hates spending... cheapskatemiserskinflint Word family Derived forms scrooge-like Etymology From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # scrooge **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /skɹuːd͡ʒ/ **Frequency rank:** 10012 ## Meanings 1. A person who hates spending money; a miser. 2. A person who is grumpy and dislikes the Christmas holidays. 3. To behave in a mean or stingy way with money. ## Examples - Everyone called him a scrooge because he never bought anyone a gift. - Don't be such a scrooge and come to the Christmas party. - He scrooged on every detail to keep the wedding cheap. ## Derived Forms - scrooge-like ## Etymology From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. ## Topics - People & Society markdown