cadging
Meaning of cadging
- ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled).
he cadged fivers off old school friends
early 17th century (in the dialect sense ‘carry about’): back-formation from the noun cadger, which dates from the late 15th century, denoting (in northern English and Scots) an itinerant dealer, whence the verb sense ‘hawk, peddle’, giving rise to the current verb senses from the early 19th century.
Information about cadging
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of cadging
cadg-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- cadging is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cadging synonyms
Meaning seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth:
Meaning ask for food or money as charity:
Meaning take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it:
Meaning get by asking or begging:
Meaning wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth:
Meaning become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs:
Meaning ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
Meaning shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others:
Words that rhyme with cadging
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