sponger

sponger
n Informal. parasite, Inf. sponge, scrounge or scrounger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Yiddish. schnor-rer, Inf. freeloader; borrower, cadger, Inf. four-flusher, Sl. bum, beggar, Inf. panhandler; leech, hanger-on, barnacle, bur, appendage; courtier, minion, follower, attendant, satellite; flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, spaniel, bootlick, bootlicker, footlicker, lickspit, lickspittle; kowtower, Contemptuous. Uncle Tom, Sl. oreo, cringer, groveler, sniveler; sycophant, toady, toadeater, tufthunter, fawner, fawning flatterer, truckler; flatterer, wheedler, puffer, backslapper, timeserver, Inf. apple-polisher, Sl. brown-nose, Sl. brown-noser, Sl. brownie, Obs., Rare. blander, Archaic. pickthank.

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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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