mooch

mooch
intransitive verb
(coll.)

mooch about or around/along — herumschleichen (ugs.) /zockeln (ugs.)

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[mu: ]
verb
(slang)
1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.)
2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.)
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mooch
[mu:tʃ]
I. n no pl BRIT (fam) Bummeln nt fam, Schlendern nt
to go for a \mooch eine Runde drehen fam
II. vi BRIT (fam) bummeln fam, schlendern
▪ to \mooch about [or around] (pej) herumhängen pej fam, herumschlappen
they've got nothing better to do than \mooch around the town centre sie haben nichts Besseres zu tun, als im Stadtzentrum herumzuhängen
stop \mooching about in your room and do something useful! hör auf, in deinem Zimmer herumzuhängen und mach dich nützlich!
III. vt AM (sl)
▪ to \mooch sth [from [or off] sb]
1. (scrounge) small amount, item [bei jdm] etw mitgehen lassen fam [o fam einsacken
2. (sponge) cigarettes, meal etw [von jdm] schnorren fam
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[muːtʃ] (inf)
1. vi
tigern (inf)

or around the house — ich habe den ganzen Tag zu Hause herumgegammelt (inf)

2. vt (US inf)
abstauben (inf)
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mooch [muːtʃ] sl
A v/i auch mooch about (oder around)
a) herumlungern pej,
b) herumstrolchen pej:
mooch along dahinlatschen
B v/t
1. besonders US abstauben, mitgehen lassen (beide umg)
2. schnorren umg:
mooch sth off sb jemandem etwas abschnorren
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intransitive verb
(coll.)

mooch about or around/along — herumschleichen (ugs.) /zockeln (ugs.)

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v.
herumlungern v.

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