scrunge

/skɹʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Probably a corruption of scrounge.

noun

  1. An inauthentic form of grunge music.“[…] Sun to Sun sure gives the current crop of jingle-jangle scrunge bands the kick in the ass they deserve.”
  2. A shot where the wink enters the pot but bounces out again.
  3. Scunge; muck; a disgusting and (usually) semiliquid substance.“Taking the nineteen-pound white Persian into her lap, she kissed his nose, then wiped her lips free of any lingering kitty scrunge with the back of her hand.”
  4. A scruffy and impoverished individual.“Other existing films, however, show how funny Mabel could be with Chaplin when she played a scrungy fishwife equal in size and scrunge to his drunken tramp.”

verb

  1. To scour (search) desperately for resources such as food or equipment.“Hey, wait for me while I scrunge the breakroom.”
  2. To squeeze; to scrunch.“I feels th' coal scrunge as I come down an' the exhaust steam hisses as we strikes.”
  3. To make or become scrungy.“Can ' t get my million - dollar paws scrunged up .”