mooch

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verb

To ask or ask for as charity: beg, bum¹, cadge. Informal panhandle. See request.

mooch or mooche
noun   informal (in South Asia) a moustache

my cousin-brother's growing a pencil mooch, but then he's always specialized in looking ridiculous

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verb trans.
verb trans.

1: To beg, cadge, scrounge. (1865 —) .
D. Morrell First thing I know, a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food, maybe stealing, maybe pushing drugs (1972). noun

2: = moocher noun. (1914 —) .
W. Burroughs Cash was a junk mooch on wheels. He made it difficult to refuse (1953).

[In sense 1, from earlier senses, to loiter, to steal.]

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For a list of words related to mooch, see:

• Mood and Intent - mooch: wander about without purpose in a slow, lazy manner
• Behavior or Personality
• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - mooch: (vb) Slang. scrounge, steal, or sponge

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See words rhyming with "mooch."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - stjæle, nappe, nuppe
v. intr. - drive, luske
n. - (el. moocher) nasser

Nederlands (Dutch)
slenteren, klaplopen, bietsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (US) taper qch à qn
v. intr. - entrer/sortir en traînant
n. - (US) tapeur

Deutsch (German)
v. - herumstrolchen, schnorren
n. - (NAm) Bettler, Schnorrer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κρύβομαι, λουφάρω, κλέβω, σουφρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
rubare, muoversi furtivamente

Português (Portuguese)
v. - surrupiar, pechinchar

Русский (Russian)
лентяйничать, слоняться, паразитировать, воровать, попрошайничать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - birlar, ratear
v. intr. - vagar, haraganear
n. - ratero, vago

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - driva (omkring), snylta, sno

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偷, 讨, 央求, 诈取, 徘徊, 揩油, 闲荡, 闲逛的人, 乞丐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 偷, 討, 央求, 詐取
v. intr. - 徘徊, 揩油, 閒蕩
n. - 徘徊, 閒逛的人, 閒蕩, 乞丐

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 도둑질 하다, 조르다
v. intr. - 게으름을 피우다, 살금 거리며 걷다
n. - 속기 쉬운 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うろつく, ねだる, 盗む
n. - たかり屋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسكع, يسرق, يتسول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביקש, הוציא, סחט‬
v. intr. - ‮התחנן‬
n. - ‮גנב, שוטט‬

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