mooch
An aimless strollAn aimless stroll.
» Tom is always mooching off of us.
Tom schnorrt uns immer an. — brauchinet
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3 senses(UK, colloquial)An aimless stroll.
Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.
(colloquial)One who mooches; a moocher.
someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
(US, colloquial, humorous, slang)Synonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).
Examples
7 sentencesTom is always mooching off of us.
deTom schnorrt uns immer an. — brauchinet
Tom is still mooching off his parents.
ruТом всё ещё сидит на шее у родителей. — fjay69
She never stops mooching off of me.
ruОна постоянно занимает у меня деньги. — marafon
He is still mooching off his parents.
They have children only so they can mooch off welfare.
Origin
From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, muciFrom 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”).
Clipping of Scaramucci.
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Forms
plural: moochesSynonyms
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