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cadging

/ˈkædʒɪŋ/

cadgingnoun

Translations

попрошайничество

Cadging is not a sustainable way to live.

Попрошайничество не является устойчивым образом жизни.

Additional translations

попрошайничание

попрошайка

Definitions

The act of obtaining something, such as food or money, by begging or imposing on others.

His constant cadging for cigarettes annoyed his friends.

Synonyms

cadginggerund / present participle

/ˈkædʒɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that is habitually begging or seeking to obtain things from others.

Definitions

Habitually begging for or trying to obtain something for free from others.

She grew tired of his cadging requests for spare change.

cadgeverb

cadging

Gerund

cadged

Past Simple

cadged

Past Participle

cadging

Gerund

/kædʒ/

Translations

клянчить

He tried to cadge a cigarette from a stranger.

Он попытался клянчить сигарету у незнакомца.

выпрашивать

She managed to cadge a ride to the station.

Ей удалось выпрашивать поездку до станции.

Additional translations

просить

Definitions

To ask for or obtain something to which one is not strictly entitled.

He managed to cadge a free meal from the restaurant owner.

Synonyms

cadgenoun

Definitions

A portable frame or perch on which hawks are carried in falconry (archaic).

The falconer rested the goshawk on a cadge while adjusting its jesses.