mouch
1
9.9
A person who asks for free food or money without paying
- noun
- /maʊtʃ/
- Offensive
:
gorrón
- The street kid was known as a mouch because he often asked strangers for food.
Examples
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Despite his talent, he lived as a mouch, relying on others for handouts.
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They called him a mouch for always borrowing money without ever paying it back.
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Looters, mouches, leeches, and lazy asses have no right to what I earn.
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Synonyms
14
8.3
A person who often gets food or money without paying
is a general term for someone who begs or takes without paying
4
8.8
A person who often gets free food or money from others without paying
is a broader label for someone who asks or takes without paying
1
9.9
A person who often asks others for money or food without giving anything back
is the ordinary term for a person who begs or scrounges
1
9.9
An old word for a person who begs for food or money
is the modern general label for someone who asks or takes without paying
Antonyms
How Dependent
freeloader
23
6.1
- Offensive
23
6.1
scrounger
1
7.6
- Offensive
1
7.6
mouch
1
9.9
- Offensive
1
9.9
beggar
60
1.0
60
1.0
panhandler
10
7.4
- US
10
7.4
supplicant
5
8.7
- Formal
5
8.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mouch is easy to remember because it is like the common word moocher or mooch, which mean 'to take' or 'to ask' for food or money without paying. Imagine a person who always asks for free food, and that is why mouch as a noun means a beggar or scrounger.