mooched; mooching; mooches
Definition of mooch
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 intransitive : to move slowly or apathetically : to wander aimlessly
… the rainy afternoons … spent mooching up and down the aisles of small-town pharmacies and hardware stores.— Frederick Busch
2 transitive + intransitive : to get things from another or live off the generosity of others without providing any return payment or benefit : sponge trying to mooch a cigarette mooching money off her brother has been mooching off his parents for years
mooch
noun plural mooches
Definition of mooch (Entry 2 of 2)
US, informal
: one who mooches off others : moocher The last thing he needed was another mooch … trying to sap his energy and take his time …— Steve Pond
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The first known use of mooch was in 1851
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