mooch

mooch

 (mo͞och) Informal

v. mooched, mooch·ing, mooch·es

v.tr.

1. To obtain or try to obtain by begging; cadge. See Synonyms at cadge.

2. To steal; filch.

v.intr.

1. To get or try to get something free of charge; sponge: lived by mooching off friends.

2. To wander about aimlessly.

3. To skulk around; sneak.

n.

1. One who begs or cadges; a sponge.

2. A dupe, as in a confidence game.

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[Middle English mowchen, probably from Old French muchier, to hide, skulk.]

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mooch′er n.

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mooch

(muːtʃ)

vb

1. (often foll by: around) to loiter or walk aimlessly

2. (intr) to behave in an apathetic way

3. (intr) to sneak or lurk; skulk

4. (tr) to cadge

5. (Law) (tr) chiefly US and Canadian to steal

[C17: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk]

ˈmoocher n

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mooch

(mutʃ) Slang. v.t.

1. to borrow without intending to return or repay; scrounge; cadge.

2. to steal.

v.i.

3. to sponge; cadge; scrounge.

4. to skulk or sneak.

5. to loiter or wander about.

n.

6. Also, mooch′er. a person who mooches.

[1845–55; earlier, to play truant; of uncertain orig.]

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mooch

Past participle: mooched
Gerund: mooching

Imperative

mooch

mooch

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mooch - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) cadger, moocher, scrounger beggar, mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging schnorrer, shnorrer - (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
Verb	1.	mooch - ask for and get free; be a parasite bum, cadge, grub, sponge obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" freeload - live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"

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mooch

verb

Slang. To ask or ask for as charity:

beg, bum, cadge.

Informal: panhandle.

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Translations

يَتَسَكَّعُ في الشَّوارِع

loudat seloudit

drivenasse

herumhängenschnorren

trainailler

tarhál

scroccare

nuviliotiprašinėtitrainiotis

blandities apkartdiedelet

luskesnylte på

vyžobrať

snylta

aylak aylak dolaşmakbeleşçilik etmek

揩油闲逛

mooch

[muːtʃ] VI to mooch about or around the shops → pasear por las tiendas
to mooch about or around the house → dar vueltas por la casa
to mooch along → andar arrastrando los pies

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mooch

(inf)

vi → tigern (inf); I spent all day just mooching about (Brit) or around the house → ich habe den ganzen Tag zu Hause herumgegammelt (inf)

vt (US inf) → abstauben (inf)

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mooch

[muːtʃ] vi (fam) to mooch about or around → bighellonare

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mooch

(muːtʃ) verb

(slang).

1. to wander about (as if) without any purpose. There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night. drentel يَتَسَكَّعُ في الشَّوارِع мотая се vaguear loudat se herumhängen drive χαζεύω, περιφέρομαι άσκοπα dar vueltas, deambular uitama, hulkuma ولگردی کردن lorvia traînasser לְשוֹטֵט बिना उद्देश्य के इधर-उधर घूमना dangubiti csavarog keluyuran bighellonare, gironzolare ぶらつく 어슬렁거리다 šlaistytis, trainiotis blandīties apkārt mundar-mandir rondhangenluske, drive omkring szwędać się كوڅه ډبتوب، بى روزګارى слоняться ponevierať sa, flákať sa pohajkovati tumarati bez cilja driva omkring เดินเรื่อยเปื่อย aylak aylak dolaşmak 閒逛 ледарювати; тинятися بغیر مقصد بھٹکنا đi lang thang 闲逛

2. (American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge. He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends. leen يَطْلُبُ مالا أو شَراباً أو سَجائِر بِدون أن يُرْجِعَ شيئا задигам filar loudit schnorren nasse αρπάζω, σουφρώνω, βουτώgorrear nuruma, kerjama تلکه کردن pummia vivre en parasite לְבָקֵש נְדָבוֹת prositi, žicati tarhál meminta-minta scroccare せびる、ねだる 무전 취식하다 prašinėti, (nu)vilioti diedelēt mengecek schooien, bietsen bomme, snylte på wyłudzać, wysępiać په بل چا تحميل كول попрошайничать; жить на чужой счёт žobroniť, vymámiť fehtati, žicati žickati bomma, snylta [till sig] ขอ beleşçilik etmek (美)白吃白喝，要錢(但不打算還) циганити واپس نہ کرنے کی نیت سے روپیہ پیسا لینا ăn cắp 揩油

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