- vamoosing
- va·moose || vÉ™'muËs v. get out, scram, go away
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vamoose — intransitive verb (vamoosed; vamoosing) Etymology: Spanish vamos let us go, suppletive 1st plural imperative (from Latin vadere to go) of ir to go, from Latin ire more at wade, issue Date: 1859 to depart quickly … New Collegiate Dictionary
vamoose — /va moohs /, v., vamoosed, vamoosing. Slang. v.i. 1. to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp. v.t. 2. to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from. [1830 40; < Sp vamos let us go, impv. 1st pers. pl. of ir to go] * * * … Universalium
vamoose — [c]/vəˈmus / (say vuh moohs) verb (vamoosed, vamoosing) –verb (i) 1. to make off; decamp; depart quickly. –verb (t) 2. to decamp from; quit hurriedly: *I ll vamoose the ranch if he keeps after me. –christina stead, 1944. Also, vamose /vəˈmoʊs/… …
vamoose — ☆ vamoose [vamōs′] vi., vt. vamosed, vamosing [va mo͞os′ ] vi. vt. vamoosed, vamoosing [< Sp vamos, let us go < L vadamus, 1st pers. pl., pres. subj. of vadere, to go: see WADE] [Old Slang] to leave quickly; go away (from) hurriedly: also… … English World dictionary
