vamoose

English

Etymology

Alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Cognate with English namous.

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.
   • 1905, Wisconsin Alumni Magazine (volume 7, page 218)

     Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone.

2. (intransitive, slang) To hurry.
3. (intransitive, informal) To be expelled.

Synonyms

• (to run away): See Thesaurus:flee
• (to hurry): See Thesaurus:rush
• (to be expelled): See Thesaurus:go away

Translations

to run away, to flee

• French: tracer (fr) (slang), bouger (fr) (slang), se barrer (fr) (slang), se casser (fr) (slang), se tirer (fr) (slang), dégager (fr) (slang)
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• Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva), მოცოცხვა (mococxva), აბარგება (ka) (abargeba)

to hurry

• French: tracer (fr) (slang), bouger (fr) (slang), grouiller (fr) (slang), se magner (fr) (slang)
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to be expelled

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