schnorr

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verb

to scrounge, sponge, cadge

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:schnorr.”

Similar
shnorrscroungecadge
OriginYiddish שנאָרן →
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Meanings

schnorr1

verbschnorr (third-person singular simple present schnorrs, present participle schnorring, simple past and past participle schnorred)

present singular third person schnorrs · participle present schnorring · participle past schnorred · past schnorred

  1. Jewishto scrounge, sponge, cadge

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:schnorr.

Schnorr2

proper nounSchnorr (plural Schnorrs)

plural Schnorrs

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbobtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

Similar
shnorrscroungecadge
Broader
beg
Also see
cadgescrounge

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

schnorr · verb

  1. Yiddishשנאָרן
  2. Englishschnorr

From Yiddish שנאָרן (shnorn), cf. German schnorren.

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Schnorr · proper noun

  1. GermanSchnorr
  2. EnglishSchnorr

Borrowed from German Schnorr.

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Cite this entry
APA

schnorr. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schnorr

MLA

“schnorr.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schnorr. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schnorr,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schnorr.

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