verb
mooch
To move around without a particular purpose.
We mooch around the neighborhood until it is time for dinner.
Etymology
Mooch has older senses of loitering or moving furtively. The aimless movement sense retains that unhurried wandering; its deeper history is uncertain.
More examples
- I like to mooch around the bookstore on quiet afternoons.
- They mooched along the beach with no destination in mind.
- She spends the morning mooching around town.
Forms
mooch · mooches · mooched · mooching