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MOOCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moocher mean?
• MOOCHER (noun)
The noun MOOCHER has 1 sense:
1. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
Familiarity information: MOOCHER used as a noun 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 ("moocher" is a kind of...):
beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moocher"):
schnorrer; shnorrer ((Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
Derivation:
mooch (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
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