mooch

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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”).

Hevwate

moocher

cadger

cadge

scrounger

sponge

🧽

steal

grub

bum

pilfer

borrow

loaf

beggar

play truant

scab

scrounge

skulk

Werger

scroccare

herumlungern

zanganear

traînailler

aşırmak

trainailler

vividor

gorrista

gandulejar

éponge

🧽

errer

αποκτώ χωρίς πληρωμή

gorrer

mangiapane

schnorren

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/muːt͡ʃ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: moochen

Hevwate bi Old High German: mūhhōn

Hevwate bi Middle High German: muchen

Hevwate bi Middle English: muchen

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: 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.