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mooch verb [ muːtʃ ]

• loiter in a bored or listless manner.
• "he just mooched about his bedsit"
• ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it.
• "a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food"
Similar: beg, ask for, ask for money, borrow, scrounge, bum, sponge, cadge,

mooch noun

• an instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner.
• a beggar or scrounger.
Similar: beggar, bum, scrounger, sponger, freeloader, moocher, cadge,
Origin: late 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.


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