| mooch Mar 5th 2013, 01:02 | | | | Line 4: | Line 4: | | | * {{l|en|mych}}, {{l|en|myche}}, {{l|en|meech}}, {{l|en|meach}}, {{l|en|mouch}} | | * {{l|en|mych}}, {{l|en|myche}}, {{l|en|meech}}, {{l|en|meach}}, {{l|en|mouch}} | | | | | | | − | ===Etymology=== | + | A (mooch) is a MooseCrank. Crankers and Moochers usually posse together. They both mosy around quite often. These are both dangerous creatures | | − | From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|moochen|lang=enm}}, {{term|mouchen|lang=enm}}, {{term|michen||to pretend poverty|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|fro}} {{term|muchier|lang=fro}}, {{term|mucier|lang=fro}}, {{term|mucer||to skulk, hide, conceal|lang=fro}}, from Old {{etyl|frk}} *{{term||mukjan|to hide, conceal oneself|lang=frk}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{recons|mukjanan|lang=gem-pro}}, {{recons|mukōnan||to hide, ambush|lang=gem-pro}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{recons|meug-|lang=ine-pro}}, {{recons|meuk-||to slip, slide|lang=ine-pro}}. Cognate with {{etyl|goh|-}} {{term|muhhon|mūhhōn|to store, cache, plunder|lang=goh}}, {{etyl|gmh|-}} {{term|muchen|lang=gmh}}, {{term|mucken||to hide, stash|lang=gmh}}. | | | − | | | | − | Alternate etymology derives ''mooch'' from {{etyl|enm}} {{term|mucchen||to hoard, be stingy|lit=to hide coins in one's nightcap|lang=enm}}, from {{term|mucche||nightcap|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|dum}} {{term|mutse||cap, nightcap|lang=dum}}, from {{etyl|ML.}} {{term|almucia||nightcap|lang=la}}, of unknown origin. More at {{l|en|mutch}}, {{l|en|amice}}. | | | | | | | | | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 01:02, 5 March 2013 English Alternative forms A (mooch) is a MooseCrank. Crankers and Moochers usually posse together. They both mosy around quite often. These are both dangerous creatures Pronunciation Verb mooch (third-person singular simple present mooches, present participle mooching, simple past and past participle mooched) - (UK) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
- To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- 1990, p. 26, Michael L. Frankel & friends, Gently with the Tides, Center for Marine Conservation, Washington (DC), ISBN 1879269-007, p. 26,
- I managed to mooch my way up the journalistic ladder to the next, more impressive level of "Interviewer".
- (UK) To steal or filch.
- 1922, J. S. Fletcher, The Middle of Things, ch. 16,
- These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist's shop.
Derived terms Translations beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain. Noun mooch (plural mooches) - One who mooches; a moocher.
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