scrooge

«scrooge» in Mova's school dictionary: the mean old man in Charles Dickens's story "A Christmas… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a scrooge, scrooges); proper noun (Scrooge — a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Ebenezer Scrooge is the mean old man in Charles Dickens's story "A Christmas Carol" (1843), who learns to be kind and generous after visits from three ghosts. tree →

2) (informal) A mean person who hates spending money or does not enjoy Christmas. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, "A Christmas Carol" is a famous classic; Scrooge says "Bah! Humbug!" about Christmas but changes his ways. In everyday life, calling someone "a scrooge" means they are stingy. Phrases: don't be a scrooge, a real Scrooge, Scrooge-like.

examples

• Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. tree →
• "Bah! Humbug!" says Scrooge. tree →
• Don't be such a scrooge — share your sweets! tree →
• At the end of the story, Scrooge becomes generous. tree →
• Dad is a bit of a scrooge about turning the heating on. tree →
• The Muppets made a film of Scrooge's story. tree →

note

Capital S for the character; small s is common when calling someone mean. Opposite: generous. Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck's rich uncle, is named after him.

In the corpora

• He dug up his tunnel: «he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged», muttering to himself «Up we go!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scrooge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.