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 

• MOOCH (noun)

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)

• MOOCH (verb)

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))