Definition of "moocher" [moocher]

• A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative. (noun)

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• "However, for the ethicists to suggest that any parent who pays for his child's entertainment, meals, etc., is creating a "moocher" isn't true, and people of character don't always have to pay their own way."
• "Defense attorney Jonathan Turley argued Porteous may have made mistakes and could be considered a "moocher" for soliciting meals and gifts."
• "Are we arriving at definitions of the terms "moocher" and "looter" that are absolutely on the mark?"