From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmoochmooch /muːtʃ/ verb [transitive] American English informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it SYN scrounge British Englishmooch something off somebody He tried to mooch a drink off me. → mooch around/about→ See Verb table
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mooch• If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.• Rex mooched about the graves wondering when we were going to have lunch.• I didn't offer them more coffee, and when they'd gone I mooched around the flat hoping to wind down.• Mom got sick of him mooching meals from us.• If you mooch round the block with the pooch, do it by power walking in the park.Origin mooch (1400-1500) Old French muchier “to hide” 