Definitions for vamoosevæˈmus
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
va•moosevæˈmus(v.)-moosed, -moos•ing.
(v.i.)to leave hurriedly; decamp.
Category: Status (usage)
(v.t.)to leave hurriedly from; decamp from.
Category: Status (usage)
Origin of vamoose:
1830–40; < Sp vamos let us go, impv. 1st pers. pl. of ir to go
Princeton's WordNet
decamp, skip, vamoose(verb)
leave suddenly
"She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
Wiktionary
vamoose(Verb)
To run away, to flee.
vamoose(Verb)
To hurry.
vamoose(Verb)
To be expelled
Origin: Alteration of vamos or vámonos, "let's go".
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