name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mosey
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈmoʊ.zi/
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CMU ARPABET: M OW1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To set off, get going; to start a journey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To go off quickly: to hurry up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
walk leisurely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Etymology
From a pet form of the personal name Moses.
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
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: starten — to set off
- German: beginnen — to set off
- Polish: wyruszać — to set off
- Polish: wyruszyć — to set off
- German: losrennen — to go off quickly
- Polish: ruszać się — to go off quickly
- Czech: loudat se — to amble
- Czech: šourat se — to amble
- Czech: courat se — to amble
- German: schlendern — to amble
- Polish: iść spokojnym krokiem — to amble
- Swedish: släntra — to amble
Real reading context