mooch
or mouch
to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge: He always mooches cigarettes.
to beg.
to steal.
to skulk or sneak.
to loiter or wander about.
Also moocher. a person who mooches.
Origin of mooch
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How to use mooch in a sentence
However, Brunner was not the only perpetrator of the Holocaust mooching around the streets of the Syrian capital.
You be mooching round down by the big peppermint-tree near the river-gate, say about half-past ten.'
Joe Wilson and His Mates | Henry LawsonThis is a grand, free life, a sight better than mooching around the city.
Current History, A Monthly Magazine | New York TimesA caterpillar mooching along the schoolroom aisle—clearly sent by Providence.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn WellsThere was, Mrs. Mangan was pleased to observe, no mooching about her daughter.
Mount Music | E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
British Dictionary definitions for mooch
/ (muːtʃ) /
(intr often foll by around) to loiter or walk aimlessly
(intr) to behave in an apathetic way
(intr) to sneak or lurk; skulk
(tr) to cadge
(tr) mainly US and Canadian to steal
Origin of mooch
1Derived forms of mooch
- moocher, noun
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