mooched

verb

Definition of moochednext
past tense of mooch
1
as in begged
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 snuck
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 wandered
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 mooched
  1. begged
  2. wandered
  3. sneaked
  4. roamed
  5. slipped
Verb
  • Ruby was arrested in 2023, after her young son fled the home of her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, and begged a neighbor for help.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Players still can’t get over that the team was 2-2 when Adams begged out.
    Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of begged
Verb
  • And wandered around in the alleyway behind her florist job in Venice.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Betsy, her Elf on the Shelf, had wandered off.
    Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • Sevilla snuck in between Tchouameni and Asencio, with eventual scorer Dodi Lukebakio taking advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who doesn’t usually make them.
    Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Tears of joy flowed when a daughter snuck home early for Christmas to surprise her mom after two years of traveling.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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