moocher noun2 •(disapproving) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response. — 2012 •A person who mooches about.The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me. — 1980 formsmoochers