mooching
Begging without asking
Mooching is getting things from others without paying or reciprocating—bumming cigarettes, crashing on couches, eating someone else's food.
The word carries mild disapproval: He's always mooching off his parents.
To mooch is to obtain things this way, and a mooch is a person who does it habitually.
Habitually seeking freebies
- cadgingObtaining through begging
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
- freeloaderOne exploiting others' generosity
- spongerOne who mooches
hanger-on · deadbeat · taker · user · parasite · dependant · borrowing · begging
Leisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- idlingOperating without working
- hanging aroundRemaining somewhere idly
- loafingPassing time idly
wandering · meandering · sauntering · killing time · drifting · milling about · tarrying · lazing
Minor, sneaky theft
- swipingTaking something swiftly
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- filchingStealing small items
- nickingSmall cuts or thefts
sneaking · lifting · snatching · taking · pocketing · nabbing · snaffling · scrumping
Uninvited event attendee
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- crasherUninvited event attendee
- unbiddenNot asked for
unsolicited · intruding · encroaching · imposing · showing up · dropping in · tagging along · butting in
bumming
Habitually seeking freebies
- cadgingObtaining through begging
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
- freeloaderOne exploiting others' generosity
sponger · hanger-on · deadbeat · taker · user · parasite · dependant · borrowing · begging · panhandling
dawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- idlingOperating without working
- hanging aroundRemaining somewhere idly
loafing · wandering · meandering · sauntering · killing time · drifting · milling about · tarrying · lazing · bumming around
pilfering
Minor, sneaky theft
- swipingTaking something swiftly
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- filchingStealing small items
nicking · sneaking · lifting · snatching · taking · pocketing · nabbing · snaffling · scrumping
gatecrasher
Uninvited event attendee
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- crasherUninvited event attendee
unbidden · unsolicited · intruding · encroaching · imposing · showing up · dropping in · tagging along · butting in · party crasher
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking
- moochingfreeloader, freeloading, sponger, leech, leeching
- parasitismbloodsucking, leeching, exploiting, nest parasitism, infecting
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
moochingearning
Gaining through work
pulling one's weight · buying · contributing · self-sufficiency · paying
moochinggiving
Transferring to another
donating · treating · providing · generosity · contributing
- mooching offExploiting others' generosity
mooch, sponging, moocher, mooches, mooched, scrounging, moochers