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- Dictionarymooch/muːtʃ/
verb
- 1. wander in a casual or listless manner: informal British "we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit"
- 2. ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: informal North American "a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food" Similar
noun
- 1. a period of wandering in a casual or listless manner: informal British "I'm going for a mooch around to see what I can find"
- 2. a beggar or scrounger. informal North American
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MOOCH definition: 1. to walk or do things slowly and without much purpose: 2. to borrow from people or ask them to…. Learn more.
The meaning of MOOCH is to move slowly or apathetically : to wander aimlessly. How to use mooch in a sentence.
5 days ago · To mooch is to take advantage of other people's generosity without giving anything in return. If you constantly mooch rides from your friend, she's going to get tired of agreeing to drive you around.
(British English) to walk slowly with no particular purpose; to be somewhere not doing very much synonym potter. He's happy to mooch around the house all day. We had coffee then mooched down to the beach. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
1. to skulk or sneak. 2. to loiter, loaf, or rove about. 3. to get food, money, etc. by begging or sponging.
1. (often foll by: around) 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. (Law) (tr) chiefly US and Canadian to steal. [C17: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk]
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If someone mooches food, money, or help off of you, or if they mooch off of you, they ask you for food, money, or help, and succeed in getting it. [US, informal] I didn't want Ron coming over trying to mooch off of me like he always does. regional note: in BRIT, use cadge. Phrasal verbs:
Mooch definition: to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.. See examples of MOOCH used in a sentence.
MOOCH meaning: 1 : to ask for and get things from other people without paying for them or doing anything for them often + off usually + off; 2 : to walk around with no particular purpose.
