mosey

Meaning

1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
2. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To go off quickly: to hurry up.
3. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

Synonyms

amble

walk

🚶

ramble

drift

saunter

wander

stroll

hone

lag

linger

loaf

lounge

outing

perambulate

perambulation

potter

prowl

range

roam

rove

shamble

tootle

traipse

tramp

travel

traverse

trek

turn

whet

kick about

kick around

airing

bummel

creep

cruise

dawdle

decamp

dilly-dally

drag one’s feet

Translations

dolaşmak

deambular

gezinmek

pasear

ayrılmak

gitmek

fare due passi

passejar

passear

🚶

passeggiatina

pasearse

βόλτα

spazieren

περίπατος

herumspazieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmoʊ.zi/

Etymology

Cognate with Ojibwa: bimose

In summary

Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include:
* Spanish vamos (compare vamoose)
* British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”)
* an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”))
* proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led