vamoose
pronunciation
How to pronounce vamoose in British English:
UK [vəˈmu:s]
How to pronounce vamoose in American English:
US [və'mus]
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- Verb:
- leave suddenly
Word Origin
- vamoose (v.)
- "to decamp, be off," 1834, from Spanish vamos "let us go," from Latin vadamus, first person plural indicative of vadere "to go, to walk, go hastily," from PIE root *wadh- (2) "to go" (cognates: Old English wadan "to go," Latin vadum "ford;" see wade (v.)).
Example
- 1. We tell those boy play in our yard to vamoose .
- 2. I 'll go away , I 'll disappear , I 'll vamoose , I 'll die .
- 3. Poochie , vamoose . L gotta study my speech .
- 4. I mean gone , vamoose , arrivederci .