1. sponging - Noun
2. sponging - Verb
of Sponge
a. & n. from Sponge, v.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty. Will Cuppy
Yet people who benefit from this now viciously defy Westminster, purporting to act as though they were an elected government, spending their lives sponging on Westminster and British democracy and then systematically assault democratic methods. Who do these people think they are? Harold Wilson
Shameless sponging on friends and relatives ... Marx affected a hatred and contempt for the very material resource he was too anxious to cadge and use so recklessly. Marx created an entire philosophy around his own corrupt attitudes toward money. Murray Rothbard
Conservative measures Some limited evidence supports sponging or bathing feverish children with tepid water. citation The use of a fan or air conditioning may somewhat reduce the temperature and increase comfort. Source: Internet
Fielding Travel Books. p. 158. ISBN 0-688-03965-0 A small portion of the Euro Bahamian population is descended from Greek labourers who came to help develop the sponging industry in the 1900s. Source: Internet
Perhaps most notably, Conservative Peter Lilley pastiched "I've got a little list" to specify some groups to whom he objected, including "sponging socialists" and "young ladies who get pregnant just to jump the housing queue". Source: Internet