Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory)A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.

    Schnorrer, Schnorrerin

    попроша́йкаpoprošájka, побиру́шкаpobirúška, поберу́шкаpoberúška

  2. A person who mooches about.

    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is a moocher.

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  2. He is a moocher and never pays for anything.

    deEr ist ein Schmarotzer und zahlt für nichts.

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  3. He's a moocher.

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  4. Get a job, you moocher!

    deSuch dir eine Arbeit, du Schmarotzer!

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others:
Deutsch
a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others:

Origin

From mooch + -er.

From mooch + -er.

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Forms

plural: moochers
Singularmoocher
Pluralmoochers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmooch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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