sponger

sponger
spong|er [ `spʌndʒər ] noun count INFORMAL
someone who asks for money and other things from friends or relatives and makes no effort to give anything back. This word shows that you do not like this behavior.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Sponger — Spon ger ( j[ e]r), n. 1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge. [1913 Webster] 2. One employed in gathering sponges. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger on. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sponger — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who lives at others expense …   English terms dictionary

  • sponger — [spun′jər] n. 1. a person or vessel that gathers sponges 2. a person who cleans, etc. with a sponge 3. Informal a person who, though able to work, depends on others for food, money, etc …   English World dictionary

  • sponger — UK [ˈspʌndʒə(r)] / US [ˈspʌndʒər] noun [countable] Word forms sponger : singular sponger plural spongers informal, showing disapproval someone who asks for money and other things from someone such as a friend or relative and makes no effort to… …   English dictionary

  • sponger — n A parasite. You are such a sponger. Why don t you get a job? 1680s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • sponger — [[t]spʌ̱nʤə(r)[/t]] spongers N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a sponger, you mean that they sponge off other people or organizations. [INFORMAL] Syn: scrounger …   English dictionary

  • sponger — sponge, sponger *parasite, sycophant, favorite, toady, lickspittle, bootlicker, hanger on, leech …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sponger — noun see sponge II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sponger — /spun jeuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that sponges. 2. a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others; parasite. 3. a person or boat engaged in gathering sponges. [1670 80; SPONGE + ER1] * * * …   Universalium

  • sponger — noun One who sponges …   Wiktionary

  • sponger — Synonyms and related words: barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, deadbeat, drone, freeloader, hanger on, idle rich, leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, moocher, nonworker,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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