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Definition of 'mooch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) mooch
to borrow without intending to return or repay; scrounge; cadge.

2.  mooch
to steal.

3. (v.i.) mooch
to sponge; cadge; scrounge.

4.  mooch
to skulk or sneak.

5.  mooch
to loiter or wander about.

6. (n.) mooch
Also, moocher. a person who mooches.

Etymology: (1845–55; earlier, to play truant; of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'mooch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger
someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

2. (verb) mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
ask for and get free; be a parasite

Translation of 'mooch'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wander about (as if) without any purpose There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.
Afrikaans: drentel	Arabic: يَتَسَكَّعُ في الشَّوارِع	Bulgarian: мотая се
Brazilian: vaguear	Czech: loudat se	German: herumhängen
Danish: drive	Greek: χαζεύω, περιφέρομαι άσκοπ	Spanish: dar vueltas, deambular
Estonian: uitama, hulkuma	Farsi: ولگردی کردن	Finnish: lorvia
French: traînasser	Hebrew: לְשוֹטֵט	Hindi: बिना उद्देश्य के इधर-उधर
Croatian: dangubiti	Hungarian: csavarog	Indonesian: keluyuran
Italian: bighellonare, gironzolare	Japanese: ぶらつく	Korean: 어슬렁거리다
Lithuanian: šlaistytis, trainiotis	Latvian: blandīties apkārt	Malay: mundar-mandir
Dutch: rondhangen	Norwegian: luske, drive omkring	Polish: szwędać się
Persian: ولگردی کردن	Pashto: كوڅه ډبتوب، بى روزګارى	Russian: слоняться
Slovak: ponevierať sa, flákať sa	Slovenian: pohajkovati	Serbian: tumarati bez cilja
Swedish: driva omkring	Thai: เดินเรื่อยเปื่อย	Turkish: aylak aylak dolaşmak
Taiwanese: 閒逛	Ukrainian: ледарювати; тинятися	Urdu: بغیر مقصد بھٹکنا
Vietnamese: đi lang thang	Chinese: 闲逛
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