mooch

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
2. verb To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
3. verb To steal or filch.
4. noun An aimless stroll.

   Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.

5. noun One who mooches; a moocher.
6. determiner Pronunciation spelling of much
7. noun Synonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).

Similar words

bum cadge sponge grub mooch off bum around louse around knock about pootle grobble

Often followed by

off around and a was about to had said

Word family

mooched mooches mooching