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A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person who mooches about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mooch, cadger, scrounger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beggar, mendicant
Narrower terms: schnorrer, shnorrer
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
乞丐
(qǐgài)
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Czech:
somrák
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Czech:
loudil
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Dutch:
bietser
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Dutch:
profiteur
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Dutch:
parasiet
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Finnish:
lokki
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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French:
tapeur
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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French:
tapeuse
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Galician:
pedichón
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Galician:
aprobeitado
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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German:
Schnorrer
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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German:
Schnorrerin
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Japanese:
乞丐
(kitsukai)
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Norwegian:
snylter
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Russian:
попроша́йка
(poprošájka)
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Russian:
побиру́шка
(pobirúška)
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Russian:
поберу́шка
(poberúška)
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Scottish Gaelic:
sgimilear
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Swedish:
snyltare
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
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Tagalog:
paasa
— a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
