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1 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.)
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2 mooch
[mu:tʃ] nthey've got nothing better to do than \mooch around the town centre sie haben nichts Besseres zu tun, als im Stadtzentrum herumzuschlappen;stop \mooching about in your room and do something useful! hör auf, in deinem Zimmer herumzuhängen und mach dich nützlich! vt (Am) (sl);
См. также в других словарях:
mooch — [mu:tʃ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: muchier to hide ] AmE informal to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it British Equivalent: scroungemooch sth off sb ▪ He tried to mooch a drink off me.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cadge — verb (I, T) BrE informal to ask someone for food or cigarettes because you do not have any or do not want to pay; mooch AmE: cadge sth from/off: I managed to cadge a lift from Joanna. cadger noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English