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How to pronounce mooch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bum, cadge, grub, sponge
Type of obtain
Has types freeload
Derivation moocher
Type Words
Synonyms cadger, moocher, scrounger
Type of beggar, mendicant
Has types schnorrer, shnorrer

Examples of mooch

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Let them mooch around for ten minutes or so, then load them back into the truck.
From the economist.com
I should add that I usually encourage friends to shell out though so I can mooch.
From the edeneatseverything.com
Two hobos work and mooch their way cross-country, with a stop-off in the pokey.
From the usatoday.com
Then mooch across to Le Comptoir for your dose of jazz, funk, soul or blues.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yet all the christians are supposed to mooch around the place pretending to be glum.
From the guardian.co.uk
Did I go home and cry and complain, call news stations and mooch off the government?
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
He had a good mooch around the Yaris, admiring the sharper angles around the rear end.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We were there before anything opened and had to mooch around until the museum opened.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Find a good stand of hazelnut trees and mooch about picking the smartly dressed nuts.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Moocher: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
  • Ask for and get free; be a parasite
  • Mutts is a daily comic strip created by Patrick McDonnell in 1994 based on the day-to-day adventures of two house pets: a dog named Earl and a cat named Mooch. Earl and Mooch interact with each other, their human owners, and a large cast of neighborhood animals.
  • (Mooching) BookMooch is an international, on-line book exchange community founded by John Buckman in 2006. Membership, which has grown to around 74,000 in over 90 countries , is open to anyone and is free. There is heavy community participation in its running and organisation. ...
  • One who mooches; a moocher; To wander around aimlessly,often causing irritation to others; To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain; To steal or filch
  • (Mooching) Quite simply begging, door to door, by men on tramp (qv). Would sometimes offer to do odd-jobs in return for food.
  • (mooching) Players killing critters (with the help of higher level chars) that they are not meant to be able to defeat ontheir own (without that higher level help). ...
  • A term that telemarketers use to describe a victim, particularly a naive customer who is easily influenced and manipulated by the sales rep when closing the sale.
  • To beg; to ask for something; to benefit from the work of others.