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freeload
verb free·load \-ˌlōd\
: to get or ask for things (such as food, money, or a place to live) from people without paying for them
Full Definition of FREELOAD
intransitive verb
: to impose upon another's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved : sponge
— free·load·er noun
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First Known Use of FREELOAD
circa 1934
Rhymes with FREELOAD
abode, anode, bar code, boatload, busload, byroad, carload, cartload, caseload, cathode, church mode, commode, corrode, crossroad, dead load, decode, diode, displode, download, dress code, dynode, embowed, encode, epode, erode, explode, forebode, front-load, geode, high road, implode, inroad, live load, lymph node, no-load, off-load, outmode, payload, planeload, postcode, post road, railroad, rhapsode, sarod, shipload, side road, Silk Road, skid road, source code, spring-load, square-toed, tetrode, threnode, trainload, triode, truckload, unload, upload, zip code
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