mosey
Meaning
Verb
- To set off, get going; to start a journey.
- To go off quickly: to hurry up.
- To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
Origin
- Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include:
- Spanish vamos (compare vamoose)
- British dialectal mose about
- an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose ("she or he walks along"))
Modern English dictionary
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