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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

mooch

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mooch has 1 sense

mooch(n = noun.person) cadger, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free); Array

is a kind of beggar, mendicant

has particulars: schnorrer, shnorrer

Verb mooch has 1 sense

mooch(v = verb.possession) bum, cadge, grub, sponge - ask for and get free; be a parasite; Array

is one way to obtain

Derived form noun moocher₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mooch, v. t.

to ask for and get free; to borrow without intending to repay; to sponge; -- usually with objects of small value; as, he mooched a few cigarettes from me. [WordNet 1.5]
To beg for. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

mooch, v. colloq.
1 intr. loiter or saunter desultorily.
2 tr. esp. US a steal. b beg.

Derivative

moocher n.

Etymology

ME, prob. f. OF muchier hide, skulk

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THESAURUS

mooch

bat, bat around, beg, bum, bum around, cadge, count ties, divagate, do nothing, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, goof off, hang around, hit, hit the road, hit the trail, hit up, hobo, idle, jaunt, knock about, knock around, laze, lazy, lie around, loaf, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, meander, mooch around, moon, moon around, nomadize, panhandle, pass the hat, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rove, run about, saunter, scrounge, sit around, slouch, slouch around, stand around, straggle, stray, stroll, touch, traipse, tramp, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare

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