verb · transitive · rare

mooch

mooch · mooches · mooched · mooching

мати, володіти

иметь, обладать, владеть

haben, besitzen, zugeben

To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to othersTo wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.

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/ˈmuːt͡ʃ/

» Tom is always mooching off of us.

Tom schnorrt uns immer an.

Meaning

3 senses

(UK, colloquial)To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
Near-synonyms: loiter, roam
herumlungern
слоня́тьсяslonjátʹsja
(colloquial)To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
schnorren
попроша́йничатьpoprošájničatʹ, побира́тьсяpobirátʹsja
(UK, colloquial, transitive)To steal or filch.

More definitions

ask for and get free; be a parasite

Examples

7 sentences

Tom is always mooching off of us.
deTom schnorrt uns immer an. — brauchinet
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Tom is still mooching off his parents.
ruТом всё ещё сидит на шее у родителей. — fjay69
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She never stops mooching off of me.
ruОна постоянно занимает у меня деньги. — marafon
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He is still mooching off his parents.
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They have children only so they can mooch off welfare.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

wander around aimlessly:

beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

wander around aimlessly:

beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain:

Origin

From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, muci

From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukkjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mūkōną (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”).

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