leech



leech

1. noun A person who preys or overly depends upon another, or who clings to another in an parasitic manner. Her younger brother is a bit of a leech, always hanging around us and asking for money.
2. verb To cling to or overly depend upon another person in a parasitic manner, like a leech. She's always leeching off the work other people do in the office.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dragan-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
BraithBRAYTHEnglish (Australian)
HeinoHIE-no (German), HAY-no (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Estonian
Jonathan['dʒɔnəθən]
Seals[si:lz]
AsbjÖRn-Swedish