mooching

verb

Definition of moochingnext
present participle of mooch
1
as in begging
to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way

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2
as in sneaking
to move about in a sly or secret manner I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us

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3
as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooching
  1. begging
  2. wandering
  3. lurking
  4. roaming
  5. cruising
Verb
  • That's the question begging for answers after court documents revealed horrific details about the abuse 7-year-old Kayden Gavarrete suffered for months before dying three days before Christmas.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, he has officially been recast as a villain that fans have been begging for since James Gunn took the reins.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of begging
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  • Spend your days absorbing its wartime history, wandering the outdoor markets, dining on seafood, rejuvenating at a spa, or hiking secluded coastal trails before lolling on the white-sand beaches.
    Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Cohen and colleagues have published several studies showing an increase in the polar vortex stretching or wandering.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of wandering
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  • Young New Yorkers sense lions, tigers and bears lurking too.
    Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Smith incorporated people from other families, stories from the neighborhood—there’s a terrifying lurking child molester who came from a newspaper article.
    Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of lurking
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  • According to Smithsonian, the institute’s idyllic backdrop, with open fields where patients could imagine animals roaming free, helped convince the doctor's dozens of patients that her practices were legit.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Between 2001 and 2004, there were so many shootings in Vancouver-area clubs that gang police started roaming through bars, throwing out anyone who looked like a drug dealer.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of roaming
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  • After ten days of cruising Antarctic waters, dodging icebergs, and spotting elephant seals, the cruise’s 140 passengers could toss their Dramamine, catch a plane from the gravel runway at Frei Station research base, and fly straight back to Chile.
    Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Starting at $203,000, the Sportster 25 Surf is the company’s newest, smallest, and sportiest boat, engineered for wake-surfers skilled enough to bob behind a boat cruising at 11 miles per hour.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of cruising
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