+ mooch around mooch around If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose. Andrew was left to mooch around the house on his own He was awake at 3am, mooching about in the darkness. = wander around. to get something by asking someone to give you it, instead of paying for it British Equivalent: scroungemooch sth off sb (muchier )
A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative