单词 | mooch |
释义 | mooch/muːtʃ /verb informal 1 [no object] (mooch about/around) British Loiter in a bored or listless manner: he just mooched about his bedsit...
2 [with object] North American Ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food [no object]: I’m mooching off you all the time...
noun 1 [in singular] British An instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner.This morning started at a fairly leisurely pace with a mini-lie in for our last morning away, then coffee and eventually a mooch around the shops....
2North American A beggar or scrounger.For some reason society continues to coddle these mooches, and thus it is considered noble to take part in giving the needy what they want....
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'to hoard'): probably from Old French muchier (Anglo-Norman muscher) 'hide, skulk': compare with mitch. Current senses date from the mid 19th century. Rhymes |
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