mooch
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
mooched
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past participleof mooch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mooch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
moochverb (used with object)to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
Example Sentences
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In retirement, I pulled it out, mooched a half-bushel of organic soybeans from an Iowa farmer friend and launched into tofu-making again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Parents dragged their children home from school on sledges, and students mooched their way in and out of brightly-lit malls.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Dawson’s one taxi was out of commission, so I mooched a ride partway and walked the rest along the Yukon River to the Whitehouse Cabins on the north edge of town.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Get ready for next summer though, to mooch and be mooched upon.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
Kevin wasn't allowed to eat sweets, so he always mooched snacks from everybody's lunchboxes.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
