"mosey" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmoʊ.zi/ [US] Audio: en-us-mosey.ogg Forms: moseys [present, singular, third-person], moseying [participle, present], moseyed [participle, past], moseyed [past]
Etymology: Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal mose about (“walk around stupidly”) * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”)) Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{cog|alg}} Algonquian, {{cog|oj|bimose||she or he walks along}} Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mosey (third-person singular simple present moseys, present participle moseying, simple past and past participle moseyed)
  1. (chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey. Tags: US, dialectal, intransitive Translations (to set off): starten (German), beginnen (German)
    Sense id: en-mosey-en-verb-m6vZbloA Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 28 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 23 29 Disambiguation of 'to set off': 95 4 1
  2. (chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To go off quickly: to hurry up. Tags: US, dialectal, intransitive Translations (to go off quickly): losrennen (German)
    Sense id: en-mosey-en-verb-FvkbcQGu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of 'to go off quickly': 8 90 2
  3. (chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner. Tags: US, dialectal, intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Translations (to amble): schlendern (German), släntra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mosey-en-verb-dTWMJffs Disambiguation of Gaits: 21 33 46 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 29 35 Disambiguation of 'to amble': 6 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mosy, mozey, mozy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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