Usually means: Freeload; take without giving back.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. mooch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mooch: Merriam-Webster
  3. mooch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mooch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mooch: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mooch: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mooch, mooch: Wordnik
  8. mooch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mooch: Wiktionary
  10. mooch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mooch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mooch: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. mooch: Dictionary.com
  14. mooch: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Mooch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. mooch: Rhymezone
  17. mooch: FreeDictionary.org
  18. mooch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. mooch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Mooch: World Wide Words
  21. mooch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. mooch: Encyclopedia

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  1. mooch: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mooch, mooch, mooch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. mooch: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

(Note: See mooched as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (British) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
verb:  To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
verb:  (transitive, chiefly British) To steal or filch.
noun:  (UK) An aimless stroll.
noun:  One who mooches; a moocher.
noun:  (US, slang) Synonym of Scaramucci

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