vamoose
Englisch
editEtymology
editAlteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Cognate with English namous.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
editvamoose (third-person singular simple present vamooses, present participle vamoosing, simple past and past participle vamoosed)
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.
- 1905, Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, volume 7, page 218:
- Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone.
- 2015, Good-Feel, Yoshi's Woolly World, Wii U, Nintendo, level name:
- World 6-3: Vamoose the Lava Sluice!
- (intransitive, slang) To hurry.
- 1958 December 24, “'Sundown' Policy Is Alleged”, in The World[1], Coos Bay, Oregon, sourced from United Press, via Newspapers.com, page 2:
- Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Negroes seeking housing in the [sundown] towns had been intimidated and that 'vamoose' warnings have been in vogue for the past year.
- 1992, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, “A Fistful of Datas”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6, episode 8:
- "Vamoose, you little varmint."
Alternative forms
editSynonyms
edit- (to run away): See Thesaurus:flee
- (to hurry): See Thesaurus:rush
Translations
editto run away, to flee