Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Informal To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch.
- v. Informal To get going; move along.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A dialectal variant of mossy.
- To move off or away quickly; get out; “light out.”
- To be lively; be quick; “hustle.”
Wiktionary
- v. To set off, get going; to start a journey.
- v. To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To go, or move (in a certain manner); -- usually with out, off, along, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- v. walk leisurely
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.
Examples
“In truth, all it takes is a few days and setting your internal clock to "mosey" to fully appreciate Austin's charms — move too fast, and you'll miss them.”
“The Colonel ordered him to arise, get his company together, "mosey" down to where the big road crossed the branch and wait until the carriage arrived.”
“Fix that there rope, boys, an we'll get through, an 'mosey 'long out o' here.”
“Got t 'mosey 'long t' th 'still now; ought t' o 'been there hour ago.' f I can do anything fer you, jest le 'me know.”
“His explanation of his use of the word "mosey" is illustrative:”
“The sky was darker when I stood up and told Ellie we had to mosey on.”
“As Coloradans, we need to stand up for our God-given right to mosey unfettered across intersections, like the mighty buffalo across the plains.”
The Huffington Post: The Denver Diatribe: The Last Waltz for Denver's Celebrated "Barnes Dance"?
“If they would agree to let me shoot a sequence at the Egyptian, I could mosey over to other establishments and get them to let me shoot at their venues as well.”
The Huffington Post: Steven Peros: Creating the Heaven and the Earth... and Footprints
“When you mosey through a bookstore, you don't rely on computerized "genius" estimations of what you might like, but instead leave it up to chance and a wandering eye.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mosey’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 1128 more...
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
( randomness, descriptive )creep, crawl, plod, slouch, idle, lumber, tiptoe, bend, amble, mosey, saunter, loiter and 117 more...
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Perambulatory
let's move
dawdle, hie, lollop, promenade, stroll, amble, mosey, gallivant, waddle, galumph, traipse, galumph and 3 more...
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Words of indeterminate origin
Words of which the origin is unknown.
(i.e. we don't know who coined them and they probably aren't derived from another language like Latin)fuddle, conundrum, grouse, scad, pod, culvert, dude, dahoon, bloke, hootenanny, gib, malarky and 5 more...
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Origin Unknown
Words listed as "origin unknown."
spang, nincompoop, lollapalooza, jive, mosey, mull, lush, dog, swizzle, swizzle stick, wonk, hootchy-kootchy and 2 more...
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I am : moving
Words to describe gait and movement.
walk, run, trot, jog, canter, gallop, skip, crawl, slink, slither, amble, trundle and 69 more...
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mots justes
No true synonyms, no other word will do.
dysphemism, nyehre, conflate, onomatopœic, galumph, zeitgeist, mercenary, theomeny, git, snarky, sass, smarmy and 43 more...
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Favorite nonsense verbs
lampbane Penny Arcade (05/24/10):
"I just got into town and I want to mosey. How do I mosey?" Jun 8, 2010