scrooge
Meanings
Plural: scrooges
Noun
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
- A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.
Verb
- To behave in a greedy or miserly way.
- To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
Origin / Etymology
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.
Synonyms
carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapo, cheapskate, churl, clutchfist, el cheapo, last of the big spenders, magpie, miser, moneygrubber, muckworm, nickel nurser, nig, niggard, nigon, nipcheese, nipfarthing, penny pincher, penny-father, pickpenny, piker, pinch-commons, pinch-gut, pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, scrimp, scrooge, skinflint, snudge, squirrel, tight-arse, tightwad
Scrabble Score: 10
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