mooch

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (British, colloquial) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
2. (colloquial) To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
3. (British, colloquial, transitive) To steal or filch.

Noun

1. (UK, colloquial) An aimless stroll.
2. (colloquial) One who mooches; a moocher.

Noun

Synonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).

Conceptes

gorrejar

🧽

gandulejar

mandrejar

gorrer

gorrista

vividor

Sinònims

moocher

cadger

cadge

scrounger

sponge

🧽

steal

grub

bum

pilfer

borrow

loaf

beggar

play truant

scab

scrounge

skulk

Traduccions

scroccare

trainailler

zanganear

aşırmak

herumlungern

traînailler

mangiaufo

parassita

sbafare

sbafatore

scroccatore

scroccone

parasita

schooien

slenteren

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/muːt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: moochen

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: mūhhōn

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: muchen

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: muchen

Heretat de anglès mitjà: mucchen

In summary

From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukkjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mūkōną (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”).
Cognate with Old High German mūhhōn (“to store, cache, plunder”), Middle High German muchen, mucken (“to hide, stash”), Middle English müchen, michen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”). More at mitch.
Alternate etymology derives mooch from Middle English mucchen (“to hoard, be stingy”, literally “to hide coins in one's nightcap”), from Middle English mucche (“nightcap”), from Middle Dutch mutse (“cap, nightcap”), from Medieval Latin almucia (“nightcap”), of unknown origin, possibly Arabic. More at mutch, amice.