mooch
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mooch
(mo͞och) Informalv. 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.
[Middle English mowchen, probably from Old French muchier, to hide, skulk.]
mooch′er n.
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
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.]
mooch
Past participle: mooched
Gerund: mooching
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Noun | 1. | mooch - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) |
Verb | 1. | mooch - ask for and get free; be a parasite 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" |
mooch
verbTranslations
يَتَسَكَّعُ في الشَّوارِع
loudat seloudit
drivenasse
tarhál
nuviliotiprašinėtitrainiotis
blandities apkartdiedelet
vyžobrať
snylta
aylak aylak dolaşmakbeleşçilik etmek
mooch
[muːtʃ] VI to mooch about or around the shops → pasear por las tiendasto mooch about or around the house → dar vueltas por la casa
to mooch along → andar arrastrando los pies
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.
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.