mooched

verb

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 sneaked
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. sneaked
  3. wandered
  4. lurked
  5. roamed
  6. slipped
  7. strolled
  8. drifted
Verb
  • Theo was not rich, and Vincent constantly complained about being broke, with not even enough money for food, and often practically begged his brother for more money.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
  • With Blauvelt's killer still on the loose, her family begged for answers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of begged
Verb
  • It was announced on Saturday that Judkins and QB Deshaun Watson had been fined a cool $14,397, while guard Austin Barber, who also snuck a hit off of the invisible blunt, had to pony up $6,944.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kraft also took a direct snap and sneaked for a first down on another fourth-and-1 at the Buccaneers 10.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • But trouble lurked in a left-field box seat — and at shortstop.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Former landlords lurked in bushes or on roofs or waited in cars outside our home.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • Anti-drone netting is draped over streets where children once roamed freely.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Officials hope to repopulate vulnerable species Giant pandas once roamed vast swaths of China, northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but their habitats shrank due to human encroachment and climate change.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • Amanda Peet did all of that too, starting in her late 30s because of dense breast tissue and prior benign lumps, and her stage 1 invasive lobular carcinoma still slipped past her first scan.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • These were aspirationally scheduled for no earlier than mid and late October, respectively, but have now apparently slipped to mid-to-late November (though there has been no public confirmation of any firm target date).
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Then, one cool afternoon toward the end of October, two bucks strolled out into the corn 200 yards down the fence.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Beachgoers strolled with coffee in hand, went for morning runs and walked their dogs.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of strolled
Verb
  • In a statement to CBS Colorado, the FAA said that a safety risk assessment identified incidents in which aircraft drifted toward other planes departing at the same time on parallel runways.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of drifted
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