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- Dictionaryvamoose/vəˈmuːs/
verb
- 1. depart hurriedly: informal "we'd better vamoose before we're caught"
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: to depart quickly. Did you know? Vamoose Has Wild West Origins. In the 1820s and '30s, the American Southwest was rough-and-tumble territory—the true Wild West.
verb [ I ] mainly US informal uk / vəˈmuːs / us / vəˈmuːs / Add to word list. to go away or disappear: Go on, you kids, vamoose! His wife vamoosed to California. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Departing. abandon ship. abandonment. absquatulate. backward. move. outgoing. p.o.q. peel away/off. piss off. pull out. pull something off. sea
Vamoose definition: to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.. See examples of VAMOOSE used in a sentence.
Definition of vamoose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you vamoose, you exit quickly. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the loud music and crazy dancing at your friend's party, you might decide to vamoose without saying goodbye to her.
verb. (intransitive) slang, mainly US. to leave a place hurriedly; decamp. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: from Spanish vamos let's go, from Latin vādere to go, walk rapidly. Word Frequency. vamoose in American English. (væˈmus ) US.
Define vamoose. vamoose synonyms, vamoose pronunciation, vamoose translation, English dictionary definition of vamoose. intr.v. va·moosed , va·moos·ing , va·moos·es Slang To leave hurriedly. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
