Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrooge mcduck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: scrooge m-c-duck
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dive into money; to swim around in money.

Slang

verb

To revel in ones wealth and success.

Slang

noun

Someone with immense wealth.

Slang

noun

A greedy person.

Slang

Example Sentences

"If I had a dollar for every time some probably well-meaning but clueless dude took my instrument from my hands to hook it up or went to plug in my amp or pedals for me I'd be Scrooge McDucking it all day long[…]"
"We opened them and obscene (to us children) amounts of money fell out. Woo hoo! Money! We Scrooge McDucked, rolling on the living room floor in what was probably a pile of twenty bucks but felt like a fortune to us."
"A misconception about selling out is that every last government official inside the Beltway is clamoring to Scrooge McDuck into a giant pool of gold coins;[…]"
"The perception that restaurant owners are out here Scrooge McDucking into vaults full of money—on the whole, that’s not the case."
"From what I can tell, the baby-faced cabal of DigiTour Winter artists, […] are all about ready to Scrooge McDuck through some new school coin, thanks to their adorably populist YouTube accounts and Snapchat followings."
"Willabie snorted. “That old coot? The last time he deigned to talk to his youngest child, he was still Scrooge McDucking his way through the Fort Lauderdale social scene.”"

Etymology

Verb sense evoking a recurring gag in which the wealthy eponymous cartoon duck dives into, and swims around in, a giant pile of gold coins. The etymology of the name, from Ebenezer Scrooge (alluding to his wealth) + Mc- (reflecting his Scottish ancestry) + duck (denoting his species).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Scrooge McDucks (present, singular) Scrooge McDucking (participle, present) Scrooge McDucked (participle, past) Scrooge McDucked (past) Scrooge McDucks (plural)

Synonyms

fat cat

Questions

What does scrooge mcduck mean?: To dive into money; to swim around in money.
Where does scrooge mcduck come from?: Verb sense evoking a recurring gag in which the wealthy eponymous cartoon duck dives into, and swims around in, a giant pile of gold coins. The etymology of the name, from Ebenezer Scrooge (alluding to his wealth) + Mc- (reflecting his Scottish ancestry) + duck (denoting his species).

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