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mooch  (mch) Slang

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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moocher n.

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mooch [muːtʃ]

vb Slang

1. (intr; 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

[perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk]

moocher  n

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"

Translations

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

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mooch

v mooch [muːtʃ]

(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 loudat se drive herumhängen χαζεύω, περιφέρομαι άσκοπα (λαϊκ.) dar vueltas, deambular uitama, hulkuma ولگردی کردن traînasser לְשוֹטֵט बिना उद्देश्य के इधर-उधर घूमना dangubiti csavarog keluyuran bighellonare, gironzolare ぶらつく 어슬렁거리다 šlaistytis, trainiotis blandīties apkārt mundar-mandir rondhangen luske, drive omkring szwędać się слоняться ponevierať sa, flákať sa pohajkovati tumarati bez cilja driva omkring เดินเรื่อยเปื่อย aylak aylak dolaşmak 閑逛 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 loudit nasse schnorren αρπάζω, σουφρώνω, βουτώ gorrear nuruma, kerjama تلکه کردن 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 попрошайничать; жить на чужой счёт žobroniť, vymámiť fehtati, žicati žickati bomma, snylta [] ลักขโมย beleşçilik etmek 揩油 циганити واپس نہ کرنے کی نیت سے روپیہ پیسا لینا ăn cắp 揩油