mosey
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
to leave quickly; decamp.
Origin of mosey
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How to use mosey in a sentence
The park was jammed with RVs, campers and bulky bison moseying down the middle of the road.
In Big Sky country, a pandemic-era fly-fishing getaway | Carl Fincke | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostSince it’s a Netflix original, its viewership will likely dwarf the number of people who might have moseyed on down to an art-house theater in days of yore.
David Fincher’s new movie Mank is a broadside against Hollywood self-congratulation | Alissa Wilkinson | December 4, 2020 | VoxI really couldn’t do much damage back then, but I controlled him until the guard moseyed on down.
As we moseyed down what we thought was a dead end, a neighbor told us we could continue through the gate at the end of the street and follow a short path to enter a neighborhood on the other side.
He moseyed occasionally around Lebanon, Ohio, where he owned a farm, and asked locals to respect his privacy.
But I drawed lots with myself and moseyed over to the school-house to keep a bench warm.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesThey moseyed by the Plaza, and over to the Hussman, where they looked at apartments, which ended in Pearl taking one.
Hookers | Richard F. MannRaphael Poe moseyed through the streets of Moscow in an apparently aimless manner.
The Foreign Hand Tie | Gordon Randall GarrettSo I took things on my own hook and went to Cottonton, where I moseyed round considerable.
Garrison's Finish | W. B. M. Ferguson
British Dictionary definitions for mosey
/ (ˈməʊzɪ) /
informal (often foll by along or on) to walk in a leisurely manner; amble
Origin of mosey
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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