Sekirov Dictionary

mooch

/ˈmuːt͡ʃ/

verb 3
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

verb3

•
(informal) To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- I managed to mooch my way up the journalistic ladder to the next, more impressive level of “Interviewer”. — 1990
•
(UK, informal) To steal or filch.
- I'm tired of driving you all over and sick of you living in my house, mooching my food. — 2019
•
(UK, informal) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
- These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist’s shop. — 1922

noun3

•
One who mooches; a moocher.
- "No! I'm sick of you being a mooch, bumming off me all the time! I'm going to London for a few days." — 2000
•
(UK) An aimless stroll.
- Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.
•
(US, slang) Synonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).
- I understand it's her job. But I would point out to people that Stephanie has lasted way more “Mooches” than me. — 2019

forms

mooched · mooching · mooches

Phrases with mooch

mooch off
To obtain (something) by taking advantage of the charity of (someone or something).

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