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
Race is also embedded in the whole set of presumptions about the 47 percent and the “moocher class.”
And the comparisons will show what they've shown since the beginning of the republic, that the real moocher class is down South.
In other words, conservatives, millions more Latinos are poised to become card-carrying members of the good old moocher class!
Across the lawn, a man walked by with the words “retired moocher” printed on the front of his shirt.
Behind the Scenes at Debate, a Surreal Trip Inside the Spin Zone | David Freedlander | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMight an ineffectual-seeming Obama be enough to make moocher-loathing Mitt seem palatable to independents?
The ol moocher sure has got em trained, Iron Hair, said Raftery.
The Snow-Burner | Henry OyenThe inmates were principally in pairs; each moocher had his Judy (wife), and each little kid had his little Moll (sister).
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah FlyntI know what they wants—they think I'm a purty good moocher, 'n' they'll make sinkers out o' me.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah FlyntI discovered that what we would call a Tramp over here was a Moocher over there.
Continuous Vaudeville | Will M. CressyThe English moocher has to resort to his "gag," and his "lurks" are almost innumerable.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah Flynt
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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