vamoose
verb/væˈmus/
Etymology
Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.
- borrowed from vamos
Definitions
To run away (from)
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!
To depart
To depart; go away.
- You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages.
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."
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vamoose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA