mooch

American  

[mooch] / mutʃ /

Or mouch

verb (used with object)

1. to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.

2. to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge.

   He always mooches cigarettes.

3. to beg.

4. to steal.

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verb (used without object)

1. to skulk or sneak.

2. to loiter or wander about.

noun

1. Also moocher. a person who mooches.

mooch British  

/ muːtʃ /

verb

1. 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. (tr) to steal

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Other Word Forms

• moocher noun

Etymology

Origin of mooch

1425–75; late Middle English, apparently variant of Middle English michen < Old French muchier to skulk, hide