| Main Entry: | mooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cadge |
Synonyms: |
beg, borrow, bum*, bumoff, freeload, leach off, scrounge, sponge |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge |
Antonyms: |
answer, claim, command, insist, tell |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek charity |
Synonyms: |
ask alms, benefit, bite*, brace, bum*, burn*, buzz*, cadge, call on, call upon, chisel, clamor for, dime up, ding, freeload, hit up, hustle, knock, live hand to mouth, mendicate, mooch, nick, nickel up, panhandle, pass the hat, put the bite on, put the touch on, score*, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge on, sponge, tap, touch, want |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
Synonyms: |
accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge, chisel, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
Antonyms: |
give, lend, pay, return |
| Main Entry: | gad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, gallivant, hit the road, hit the trail, jaunt, knock about, knock around, maunder, mooch, ramble, range, rove, run around, stray, traipse, wander |
| Main Entry: | gallivant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run around, gad about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, jaunt, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander |
Antonyms: |
behave |
| Main Entry: | panhandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
Synonyms: |
ask alms, bum*, cadge, freeload, hit up, hold out one's hand, hustle, live hand to mouth, mooch, pass the hat, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge |
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
Synonyms: |
ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe, hide, lurk, mooch, move secretly, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, snook, spirit, steal, worm |
| Main Entry: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
Synonyms: |
accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, come on to, crave, demand, desire, drum up, drum, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hit on, hit up, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, pass the hat, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, sue for, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
disapprove, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | slink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
Synonyms: |
coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, mooch, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, slither, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |