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va·moose
/
væˈmus
/
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va-
moos
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verb,
va·moosed,
va·moos·ing.
Slang
.
verb (used without object)
1.
to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
verb (used with object)
2.
to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
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Origin:
1830–40;
<
Spanish
vamos
let us go, imperative 1st person plural of
ir
to go
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vamoose
(vəˈmuːs)
—
vb
slang
chiefly
(
US
) (
intr
) to leave a place hurriedly; decamp
[C19: from Spanish
vamos
let us go, from Latin
vādere
to go, walk rapidly]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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vamoose
"to decamp," 1834, from Sp. vamos "let us go," from L. vadamus, from vadere "to go, to walk," from PIE base *wadh- "to go" (cf. O.E. wadan "to go," L. vadum "ford").
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