cadge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb ask for and get free; be a parasite
    sponge; bum; grub; mooch.
  2. verb obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
    shnorr; schnorr; scrounge.
    • he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends

WordNet

Cadge transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. cage. Cf. Cadger.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cadged ; present participle & verbal noun Cadging
Definitions
  1. To carry, as a burden. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Halliwell.
  2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. Prov.
  3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. Prov. or Slang, Eng. Wright.
Cadge noun
Etymology
Cf. 2d Cadger.
Definitions
  1. (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Webster 1913