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- Dictionarymooch/muːtʃ/
verb
- 1. wander in a casual or listless manner: informal British "we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit"
- 2. ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: informal North American "a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food" Similar
noun
- 1. a period of wandering in a casual or listless manner: informal British "I'm going for a mooch around to see what I can find"
- 2. a beggar or scrounger. informal North American
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The meaning of MOOCH is to move slowly or apathetically : to wander aimlessly. How to use mooch in a sentence.
MOOCH definition: 1. to walk or do things slowly and without much purpose: 2. to borrow from people or ask them to…. Learn more.
When you mooch food from your neighbors — showing up every night at dinnertime, or appearing uninvited at their family barbecues — you help yourself to free meals. A person in the habit of doing this is also called a mooch.
verb (used with object) to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it. to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge: He always mooches cigarettes. to beg.
1. to borrow without intending to return or repay; scrounge; cadge. 2. to steal. v.i. 3. to sponge; cadge; scrounge. 4. to skulk or sneak. 5. to loiter or wander about. n. 6. Also, mooch′er. a person who mooches.
[intransitive, transitive] mooch (something) (off somebody) (North American English) to get money, food, etc. from somebody else instead of paying for it yourself synonym cadge. He's always mooching off his friends.
mooch meaning, definition, what is mooch: to get something by asking someone to gi...: Learn more.
