mooch /muːtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: muchier 'to hide' ]
American English informal to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it SYN scrounge British English
mooch something off somebody
He tried to mooch a drink off me.
mooch around/about phrasal verb British English informal
to move around slowly without any purpose and doing very little:
Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress.