1. the act of searching for free or discarded items
Usage: gerund form

1. searching for and collecting things that are free or discarded
Usage: present participle of ‘scrounge’
2. asking for or obtaining something without paying, often by begging or borrowing
Usage: informal

Examples

• He spent the afternoon scrounging through old boxes in the attic.
• The students were scrounging for spare change to buy lunch.
• She’s always scrounging materials for her art projects.
• After the storm, people were scrounging for supplies.
• His scrounging habits helped him find many useful items.
• They went scrounging at the flea market for vintage clothes.
• The scrounging took hours but yielded some valuable finds.