- verbmooch (verb) · mooches (third person present) · mooched (past tense) · mooched (past participle) · mooching (present participle)
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHinformalask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food" · "I'm mooching off you all the time"
- BRITISH ENGLISHinformal(mooch about/around)wander in a casual or listless manner:"we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit" · "he just mooched about at home"
nounmooch (noun) · mooches (plural noun)- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHinformala beggar or scrounger.
- BRITISH ENGLISHinformala period of wandering in a casual or listless manner:"I'm going for a mooch around to see what I can find"
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘to hoard’): probably from Old French muchier (Anglo-Norman muscher) ‘hide, skulk’: compare with mitch. Current senses date from the mid 19th century.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbnoun
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The word "mooch" has a couple of meanings:
- As a verb, it can mean to move slowly or apathetically, often wandering aimlessly1.
- It can also mean to get things from another or live off the generosity of others without providing any return payment or benefit. In other words, to sponge or freeload1.
For example, someone might say, "He tends to mooch off his friends instead of paying his own way," or "She spent the afternoon mooching around the bookstore."
As a noun, a "mooch" refers to someone who frequently mooches off others1.
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