moocher
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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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to skulk or sneak.
6.
to loiter or wander about.
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noun
7.
Also, mooch·er. a person who mooches.
Also, mouch.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English, apparently variant of Middle English michen < Old French muchier to skulk, hide
1425–75; late Middle English, apparently variant of Middle English michen < Old French muchier to skulk, hide
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mooch (muːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by around) | |
| 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. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to steal |
| [C17: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk] | |
| 'moocher | |
| —n | |
| mooch (muːtʃ) | |
| —vb (often foll by around) | |
| 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. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to steal |
| [C17: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk] | |
| 'moocher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
mooch
1440, "pretend poverty," from O.Fr. muchier "to hide, sulk, conceal," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celt. or Gmc. Or the word may be a variant of M.E. mucchen "to hoard, be stingy" (c.1300), probably originally "to keep coins in one's nightcap," from mucche "nightcap," from M.Du. muste "cap, nightcap,"
ult. from M.L. almucia, of unknown origin. Sense of "sponge off others" first recorded 1857.
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Slang Dictionary
mooch definition[mutʃ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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moocher definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Lillian is a frigid moocher who seeks to destroy her husband.
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