vamoose

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/væˈmus/
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/væˈmus/ · /vəˈmuːs/

Definition of vamoose

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive, slang)To run away (from); to flee.
    “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.”
    ““Gone away,” explained Mr. MacBride. “Vamoosed. Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.[…]””
    “World 6-3: Vamoose the Lava Sluice!”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive, slang)To run away (from); to flee.
    “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.”
    ““Gone away,” explained Mr. MacBride. “Vamoosed. Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.[…]””
    “World 6-3: Vamoose the Lava Sluice!”
  2. (intransitive, slang)To depart; go away.
    “You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages.”
  3. (intransitive, slang)To hurry.
    “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.”
    “He's got a wife who'll never give him a divorce. She knows about me, but it's still understood that when she decides to go to the ranch for a week or a weekend, I've got to vamoose.”
    “"Vamoose, you little varmint."”

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Etymology

Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.

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