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MOOCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mooch mean?
• MOOCH (noun)
The noun MOOCH has 1 sense:
1. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
Familiarity information: MOOCH used as a noun is very rare.
• MOOCH (verb)
The verb MOOCH has 1 sense:
1. ask for and get free; be a parasite
Familiarity information: MOOCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cadger; mooch; moocher; scrounger
Hypernyms ("mooch" is a kind of...):
beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mooch"):
schnorrer; shnorrer ((Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ask for and get free; be a parasite
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bum; cadge; grub; mooch; sponge
Hypernyms (to "mooch" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mooch"):
freeload (live off somebody's generosity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
moocher (someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free))
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