English-Thai Dictionary

sponger

N กาฝาก  เครื่อง ซับ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPONGER

SPONGER Spon "ger, n.

 

1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.

 

2. One employed in gathering sponges.

 

3. Fig. : A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sponger

spong er |ˈspənjər ˈspənʤər | ▶noun 1 informal a person who lives at others' expense. 2 a person who applies paint to pottery using a sponge.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sponger

spon ¦ger |ˈspʌn (d )ʒə | ▶noun 1 informal a person who lives at others' expense. 2 a person who applies decoration to pottery with a sponge.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sponger

sponger noun informal Ida's good fortune brought out all the spongers in the family: parasite, hanger-on, leech, scrounger, beggar; informal freeloader, cadger, bum, bloodsucker, mooch, moocher, bottom feeder, schnorrer.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sponger

sponger noun informal many saw him as an easy touch and he was surrounded by an army of spongers: parasite, hanger-on, leech, scrounger, passenger, drone, beggar; informal freeloader, sponge, cadger, bum, bloodsucker; Brit. informal ligger; N. Amer. informal mooch, moocher, schnorrer; Austral. /NZ informal bludger.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sponger

sp ó ng er 名詞 C たかり , 【人に 】(金 食べ物などを )要求する人 «on » .