mooch

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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”).

Konzepte

herumlungern

schnorren

Synonyme

moocher

cadger

cadge

scrounger

sponge

🧽

steal

grub

bum

pilfer

borrow

loaf

beggar

play truant

scab

scrounge

skulk

Übersetzungen

scroccare

zanganear

aşırmak

traînailler

trainailler

vividor

gorrista

gandulejar

errer

gorrer

éponge

🧽

mangiapane

mangiaufo

parassita

αποκτώ χωρίς πληρωμή

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/muːt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: moochen

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: mūhhōn

Verwandt mit Mittelhochdeutsch: muchen

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: muchen

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: 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.