mooch

mooch
[mu;t;]

verb

noun
mooch (verb)
mooches (third person present)
mooched (past tense)
mooched (past participle)
mooching (present participle)
BRITISH ENGLISH
informal
(mooch about/around)
wander in a casual or listless manner:
"we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit""he just mooched about at home"
Similar:
loiter
linger
potter
skulk
idle
vegetate
mark time
sit back
take it easy
rest on one's oars
kick one's heels
twiddle one's thumbs
slummock
bum around
bat around
lollygag
tarry

loaf (about)

loaf (around)

laze (about)

laze (around)

lounge (about)

lounge (around)

loll (about)

loll (around)

slouch (about)

slouch (around)

waste time

kill time

while away time

hang around/round

hang about

veg out

lay on one's oars
NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
informal
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food""I'm mooching off you all the time"
Similar:
beg
ask for
borrow
scrounge
bum
sponge
cadge