mooch
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8.8
- noun
- /muːtʃ/
- Offensive
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gorrón
- By the way, can you believe he called you a mooch?
- call him a mooch
- Mooch list
- number one welfare mooch
I would have said, well, you know, he's a bit of a mooch.
- I would have said, well, you know, he's a bit of a mooch.
- In the book, I talk about how, you know, when I first made money, I, I was always, I was always kind of a mooch in high school.
- I told the others the outcome and the friend that introduced the mooch to us was really mad that I caused a rift between everyone over food.
Examples
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I never ran into a mooch like this in my life before.
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I'm sorry that he's just an endless mooch.
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This mooch, this credit criminal, this is the guy you spent the last three hours with.
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The mooch factor is high with this crowd.
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Despite Kyle's being lazy and being a mooch, he does have a nursing degree.
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There will always be lazy mooches, and we need to weed them out and help them get a job.
Blog text (12) -
We have our own band of mooches too who live off the sweat and stress of the Canadian taxpayer.
Blog text (29) -
They have a baby together, but she says he's the biggest mooch she's ever met.
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This bloke, right, he goes into t'library, and he's having a mooch about, looking up shelves.
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Everyone knows he's a mooch who always asks for free snacks when he visits.
Synonyms
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5.9
A person who lives off others and gives nothing in return
27
6.1
A person who takes help or gifts without giving anything back
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8.3
A person who often gets food or money without paying
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8.1
A person who takes advantage of others and gives nothing in return
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7.2
A person who takes others' food or help without giving back
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7.6
A person who gets food or money from others without paying
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9.9
A person who often asks others for money or food without giving anything back
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8.2
A person who depends on others without giving anything back
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9.9
A person who asks for free food or money without paying
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9.9
A person who often gets free food or money from others without paying
A person who always asks for free things and never gives anything back
Antonyms
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mooch probably comes from an old Scottish verb mooch meaning 'to hang around'. So a mooch is someone who hangs around to get food or money for free, which is why the word now means a person who always asks for things without paying.