mooch

[US]/muːtʃ/
[UK]/mutʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to ask for or obtain something without paying for it; to wander around aimlessly.

Example Sentences

They spent an hour mooching around the shops.

We went into town and mooched about for a while.

he just mooched about his bedsit.

a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food.

lived by mooching off friends.

He always tries to mooch off his friends for free meals.

She's known for mooching off her parents even though she's an adult.

Stop mooching around and help with the chores!

He's a professional moocher, always looking for ways to get things for free.

She's mooching off the company's resources for her personal projects.

Don't be a mooch, contribute your fair share to the group project.

He's mooching off his girlfriend's generosity by always asking for money.

She's tired of her brother mooching off her wardrobe without asking.

The neighbor's cat is always mooching around our backyard.

He's mooching off the success of his colleagues without putting in any effort.

Real-world Examples

Those are for potential buyers, you withered old mooch.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Nobody needs a mooch living in their house forever.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

We were supposed to just get him one? That guy's always mooching off of us.

Source: Friends Season 6

That guy is always mooching off of us. Yeah.

Source: Friends Season 6

What about to mooch? Do you know that one?

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

So that whipworms no longer mooch off us-or our microbes.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds: August 2018 Collection

You just come over here and just mooching my wine and my cigars.

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

Just fine. What brings you here? You've come to mooch another free lunch, have you?

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

Urgh! Mooching around a shopping mall from one shop to another, spending money - it's my idea of hell!

Source: 6 Minute English

Because I love Howard and Bernadette and if I want to keep mooching off them, I need to be helpful.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

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