What does Mosey mean?

Definitions for Mosey
ˈmoʊ zimo·sey

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. amble, moseyverb

    walk leisurely

Wiktionary

  1. moseyverb

    To set off, get going; to start a journey.

  2. moseyverb

    To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

  3. Etymology: . US southernism; conjecturally linked to Spanish vamos (see vamoose) and to British dialectical mose about. May be derived from Alkonkian languages from the root verb to walk, pimose.

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  1. mosey

    Mosey is a verb primarily used in informal language that means to walk or move in a leisurely or aimless manner. It suggests unhurried, casual, or relaxed movement without any particular purpose or destination.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mosey

    mō′zi, v.i. (Amer. slang) to go off quickly: to hurry up.

Editors Contribution

  1. moseyadjective

    Mosey: musty; soft; fusty, woolly

    The beer had a distasteful mosey odor indicating it was spoiled.

    Etymology: Mid.Eng. mosy, moosy, hairy, downy, O.E. mos, moss, a swamp, connecting the two inherent notions of damp and fungus; for the I.Sc. forms cf. O.N. mosi, id., and the ultimately cognate Norw. dial. mosken, porous, rotten.


    Submitted by DukeofBurgundy on August 5, 2021  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MOSEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mosey is ranked #34916 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mosey surname appeared 646 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mosey.

    87.9% or 568 total occurrences were White.
    8.5% or 55 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mosey in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mosey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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  • DukeofBurgundy
    Mosey can also mean musty, rotted, fusty, decayed. Possibly Scots but occurring in Sussex dialect. (see Scottish National Dictionary)
    LikeReply2 years ago

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