Meanings
nounmoochin (plural moochins or moochin)
plural moochins · alternative mwchin
- WalescolloquialA difficult or disagreeable person, especially a child.
Stop whining, moochin.
1 more example
He sat down in the road. ‘I'm on a sledge,’ he said, ‘pull me, Patricia, pull me like an Eskimo.’ ‘Up you get, you moochin, or I'll take you home.’
1940, D. Thomas, Portrait of Artist as Young Dog, page 58
Origin
- Welshmochyn“pig, greedy or immoral person”
- Englishmoochin
Alteration of Welsh mochyn (“pig, greedy or immoral person”). Of disputed origin.
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moochin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moochin
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“moochin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moochin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moochin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moochin.
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