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1 scrounge
∎ he tried to scrounge $10 off me il a essayé de me taper de 10 dollars;∎ can I scrounge a cigarette off you? je peux te taper ou te taxer une cigarette?;∎ could I scrounge a lift from someone? est-ce que quelqu'un peut m'emmener?□∎ he came scrounging British round or American around to see what he could find il est venu faire un tour pour voir s'il n'y avait pas quelque chose à récolter;∎ to scrounge on or off sb (habitually) vivre aux crochets de qn;∎ he's always scrounging off his friends (gen) il tape toujours ses amis; (for food, meals) il fait toujours le pique-assiette chez ses amis;∎ I'm sorry to be always scrounging je suis désolé d'être toujours à quémander3 noun∎ to be on the scrounge (for food) venir quémander de quoi manger; (for cigarette) venir quémander une cigarette;∎ she's on the scrounge for a meal elle veut se faire inviter à manger;∎ he's always on the scrounge il vit toujours aux crochets des autres -
2 mooch
intransitive verb(coll.)* * *[mu: ]( slang)1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.)2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.)* * *[mu:tʃ]to go for a \mooch eine Runde drehen famthey've got nothing better to do than \mooch around the town centre sie haben nichts Besseres zu tun, als im Stadtzentrum herumzuhängenstop \mooching about in your room and do something useful! hör auf, in deinem Zimmer herumzuhängen und mach dich nützlich!III. vt AM (sl)* * *[muːtʃ] (inf)1. vitigern (inf)or around the house — ich habe den ganzen Tag zu Hause herumgegammelt (inf)
2. vt (US inf)abstauben (inf)* * *mooch [muːtʃ] sla) herumlungern pej,b) herumstrolchen pej:mooch along dahinlatschenB v/t1. besonders US abstauben, mitgehen lassen (beide umg)2. schnorren umg:mooch sth off sb jemandem etwas abschnorren* * *intransitive verb(coll.)mooch about or around/along — herumschleichen (ugs.) /zockeln (ugs.)
* * *v.herumlungern v.
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