1. to search for and gather things, especially by rummaging or foraging
Usage: informal; dialectal

Examples

• He was scrouging around the attic for old books.
• The children went scrouging for berries in the woods.
• She spent the morning scrouging through thrift stores.
• They were scrouging for spare parts in the junkyard.
• After the storm, people were scrouging for supplies.
• The artist was scrouging for materials to use in her sculpture.