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s | mooch |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb mooch is

(british) to wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.

As a noun mooch is

one who mooches; a moocher.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    mooch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (es)
  • (British) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
  • To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
  • * 1990 , p. 26, Michael L. Frankel & friends, Gently with the Tides , Center for Marine Conservation, Washington (DC), ISBN 1879269-007, p. 26,
    • I managed to mooch my way up the journalistic ladder to the next, more impressive level of “Interviewer”.
  • (British) To steal or filch.
  • * 1922 , , The Middle of Things , ch. 16,
    • These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist’s shop.

    Derived terms

    * mooch off

    Noun

    (es)
  • One who mooches; a moocher.