mooch
pronunciation
How to pronounce mooch in British English:
UK [mu:tʃ]
How to pronounce mooch in American English:
US [mutʃ]
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- Verb:
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
Word Origin
- mooch (v.)
- mid-15c., "pretend poverty," probably from Old French muchier, mucier "to hide, sulk, conceal, hide away, keep out of sight," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic or Germanic (Liberman prefers the latter, Klein the former). Or the word may be a variant of Middle English mucchen "to hoard, be stingy" (c. 1300), probably originally "to keep coins in one's nightcap," from mucche "nightcap," from Middle Dutch muste "cap, nightcap," ultimately from Medieval Latin almucia, of unknown origin. Sense of "sponge off others" first recorded 1857. Whatever the distant origin of mooch, the verb *mycan and its cognates have been part of European slang for at least two millennia. [Liberman] Related: Mooched; mooching. As a noun meaning "a moocher," from 1914.
Example
- 1. Mooch , I need a visual on juarez .
- 2. Saber wrapped his speech . Mooch , give me an eyeball .
- 3. She just wants to mooch off me .
- 4. Mooch is used to living with another cat & expected to do well in her next home .
- 5. Players control darwin , the g-force team leader , and housefly surveillance commando mooch .