Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spange

/speɪnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spange
IPA: /speɪnd͡ʒ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”

American usage; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.” I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot."
"2009, Kelly Myers, 33, quoted in Joe Deegan, “Nowhere To Go”, San Diego Reader Then my father would send all us kids out to ‘spange’ [beg for spare change]. You could sometimes make $50 a day by spanging. Other days you might make a dollar."

Etymology

Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”

Usage

American usage
Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

spanges (present, singular) spanging (participle, present) spanged (participle, past) spanged (past)

Derived Forms

spanger spanging

Rhymes With

change range exchange strange arrange chunk of change interchange grange lagrange mange estrange shortchange

Questions

How do you pronounce spange?: The recorded pronunciation is /speɪnd͡ʒ/.
What does spange mean?: To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”
Where does spange come from?: Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”

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