Synonyms for mooch
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mooch |
| Phonetic Transcription : mutʃ |
Définition of mooch
Origin :- mid-15c., "pretend poverty," probably from Old French muchier, mucier "to hide, sulk, conceal, hide away, keep out of sight," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic or Germanic (Liberman prefers the latter, Klein the former). Or the word may be a variant of Middle English mucchen "to hoard, be stingy" (c.1300), probably originally "to keep coins in one's nightcap," from mucche "nightcap," from Middle Dutch muste "cap, nightcap," ultimately from Medieval Latin almucia, of unknown origin. Sense of "sponge off others" first recorded 1857.
- Whatever the distant origin of mooch, the verb *mycan and its cognates have been part of European slang for at least two millennia. [Liberman]
- Related: Mooched; mooching. As a noun meaning "a moocher," from 1914.
- verb cadge
- I have made the rule that when he gamble too mooch, when he put up too mooch money, I say 'No!'
- Extract from : « Sally Dows and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- It is because I am what you call too mooch a cow—a hard cow.
- Extract from : « The Copper Princess » by Kirk Munroe
- He is not good for mooch, but he like that whittle kind of work, I know.
- Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry
- I know as mooch as you, meppy, oof I could only t'ink oof it.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Mystery » by Stanley R. Matthews
- "Not as mooch as I thart it would,—and I thart it wouldn't," added Paddy pessimistically.
- Extract from : « Vacation with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed
- I vill save your wife und baby for you, and it vill not seem like mooch to you in de end.
- Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
- And zen zis man,' indicating Martin, 'heet me on ze head with ze steeck and hurt me mooch.'
- Extract from : « Pincher Martin, O.D. » by H. Taprell Dorling
- "Eet ees not so ver' mooch," proceeded the factor, ignoring Al's question and quickly changing his tack regarding the ransom.
- Extract from : « With Sully into the Sioux Land » by Joseph Mills Hanson
- He was goin' to mooch aroun' Buckin' Horse till I creeps in afoot, then we was goin' out.
- Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
- Whoy, Ay'd clap thee iv a cage, and hug thee round t' feasts and fairs loike; and shew thee to t' folks at so mooch a head.
- Extract from : « Warwick Woodlands » by Henry William Herbert (AKA Frank Forester)
Antonyms for mooch
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