Meaning & use

Mosies

verb·Everyday

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Walks or moves in a slow, leisurely, unhurried manner (third-person singular of 'mosey').

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Every afternoon he mosies down to the corner store for a coffee.

The old dog mosies around the yard, sniffing at every leaf.

A note on using this word

The verb 'mosey' likely comes from American frontier slang, possibly influenced by the Spanish 'vamos' (let's go).

Words with a similar meaning

sauntersambles

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Words with an opposite meaning

rushes

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