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Verb: mooch mooch Usage: informal
- [N. Amer, informal] Ask for and get free; be a parasite
- bum [informal], cadge [informal], grub [informal], sponge [informal], bludge [Austral, NZ, informal], sponge off [informal] - [Brit, informal] Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
"The high school students like to mooch in the Central Square"; - loiter, lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dilly-dally [informal], dillydally [informal] Noun: mooch mooch Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- moocher, cadger, scrounger, bludger [Austral, NZ, informal]
Derived forms: mooches, mooching, mooched Type of: be, beggar, mendicant, obtain Encyclopedia: Mooch |