scrooge

¹

[skrooj]

verb (used with or without object)

scrooged, scrooging 

1. scrouge.

Scrooge

²

[skrooj]

noun

1. Ebenezer a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.

2. (often lowercase),  any miserly person.

Scrooge

/ skruːdʒ /

noun

1. a mean or miserly person

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge¹

1935–40, Scrooge for def. 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge¹

C19: after a character in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol (1843)

Example Sentences

Of all the dirty, rotten, down-low things Netflix has done, providing a gaping pit of gold coins for Adam Sandler to cannonball into like Scrooge McDuck might be the worst so far.

From Salon

The Republican senator recently called up the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge.

From Salon

Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.

From Salon

And while I may make plenty of jokes about how dry it is to run the Bank of Canada, I am at least loosely reassured that he knows what a bank is and does, as opposed to Trump, who seems to think all banks are owned and operated by the offspring of Scrooge McDuck.

From Slate

The festive special began with a group routine from the celebrities and their dance partners to I Love Christmas from the Scrooge film, and ended with a closing number to Leona Lewis's version of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.

From BBC