vamoose
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/væˈmus/
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/væˈmus/ · /vəˈmuːs/
Definition of vamoose
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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
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(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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(intransitive, slang)To depart; go away.
“You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages.”
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(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."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.
Words you can make from vamoose
54 playable · top: VAMOSE (11 pts)
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