moocher
/ˈmuːtʃə/noun North American informal, derogatory
A person who lives off others without giving anything in return: no one gave me any handouts like these moochers expect...
- There's nothing we hate more than a moocher taking our last beer.
- There is value in sharing without expecting reciprocity, but if you do that with a moocher, there's really no value to either side.
- The politicians of both political parties are bragging that they've "reformed" welfare by kicking the most egregious moochers off the dole.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'person who loiters aimlessly'): from mooch + -er1.
Rhymes
- Arabist
- arabitol
- Arabization
- Arabize
- arable
- Arab League
- Arab Legion
- Arab nationalism
- Arab nationalist
- Arabophil
- Arabophile
- Arab Spring
- Arab street
- Arab world
- Araby
- Aracajú
- aracari
- a race against time
- a race to (or for) the bottom
- arachidonic acid
- arachis oil
- Arachne
- arachnid
- Arachnida
- arachnodactyly