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mooch
English
Alternative forms
- mouch
Etymology
From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjan?, *m?k?n? (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)m?g-, *(s)mewg?- (“swindler, thief”).
Cognate with Old High German m?hh?n (“to store, cache, plunder”), Middle High German muchen, mucken (“to hide, stash”), Middle English müchen, michen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”). More at mitch.
Alternate etymology derives mooch from Middle English mucchen (“to hoard, be stingy”, literally “to hide coins in one's nightcap”), from Middle English mucche (“nightcap”), from Middle Dutch mutse (“cap, nightcap”), from Medieval Latin almucia (“nightcap”), of unknown origin, possibly Arabic. More at mutch, amice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu?t?/
- Rhymes: -u?t?
Verb
mooch (third-person singular simple present mooches, present participle mooching, simple past and past participle mooched) (colloquial)
- (Britain) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
- To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounge
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To steal or filch.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:steal
Derived terms
- mooch off
Translations
Noun
mooch (plural mooches)
- (Britain) An aimless stroll.
- One who mooches; a moocher.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger
- (US, slang) A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job.
Translations
Anagrams
- chomo, choom
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cooch
English
Alternative forms
- cootch
Etymology
Clipping of coochie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?t?/
- Rhymes: -u?t?
Noun
cooch (plural cooches)
- (US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.
- (chiefly US, slang) The vagina or vulva.
Derived terms
Related terms
- coochie
- hootchy-kootchy
Anagrams
- choco, hocco
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