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. dialectal To set off, get going; to start a journey.
- v. dialectal To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. colloq. To go, or move (in a certain manner); -- usually with out, off, along, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- v. walk leisurely
Etymologies
- Unknown. US southernism; conjecturally linked to Spanish vamos (see vamoose) and to British dialectical mose about. May be derived from Alkonkian languages from the root verb to walk, pimose. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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 11184 more...
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
( open list, randomness, descriptive )
related:
http://www.wordnik.co...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 5 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 46 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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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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words
pointingstock, kibosh, turnspit, ant-bear, earthborn, pitter, infold, hayseed, stoker, prismatic, backcross, blizzard and 96 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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Words that delight me
tepid, perfunctory, trope, benign, inordinate, bewildering, ersatz, boon, delectable, apt, scuttlebutt, sequester and 398 more...
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Favorite nonsense verbs
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mikepurvis's Words
consequentially, outrageous, shindig, mediocre, quintessential, vigilante, fabulous, ostentatious, pedantry, in the wild, buffet, amorphous and 122 more...
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do the locomotion
Ways of walking, running, skipping, etc. Not included: assisted locomotion (riding, driving, boating). These verbs should more or less fit the paradigm: She _______ (her way) into/out of/through/ar...
stagger, stumble, dart, dash, run, walk, mince, sashay, strut, stride, move, go and 108 more...
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The Chronicles of John Gabriel and Ty...
Words from Penny Arcade strips.
unbewiiver, womanta ray, babyta ray, fisherman's mouth, deep crow, hat made of money, stuponfucious, claw shrimp, fan-fucking-tastic, canid, eroticon, wheatloaf and 55 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mosey.
lampbane Penny Arcade (05/24/10):
"I just got into town and I want to mosey. How do I mosey?" Jun 8, 2010