mooch

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

mooch, v. t. 

•  to ask for and get free; to borrow without intending to repay; to sponge; -- usually with objects of small value; as, he mooched a few cigarettes from me.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  To beg for.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mooch, v. colloq.
1 intr. loiter or saunter desultorily.
2 tr. esp. US a steal. b beg.

Derivative

moocher n.

Etymology

ME, prob. f. OF muchier hide, skulk

THESAURUS

mooch

bat, bat around, beg, bum, bum around, cadge, count ties, divagate, do nothing, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, goof off, hang around, hit, hit the road, hit the trail, hit up, hobo, idle, jaunt, knock about, knock around, laze, lazy, lie around, loaf, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, meander, mooch around, moon, moon around, nomadize, panhandle, pass the hat, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rove, run about, saunter, scrounge, sit around, slouch, slouch around, stand around, straggle, stray, stroll, touch, traipse, tramp, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare