mosey
verb /ˈməʊzi/
/ˈməʊzi/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mosey | /ˈməʊzi/ /ˈməʊzi/ |
| he / she / it moseys | /ˈməʊziz/ /ˈməʊziz/ |
| past simple moseyed | /ˈməʊzid/ /ˈməʊzid/ |
| past participle moseyed | /ˈməʊzid/ /ˈməʊzid/ |
| -ing form moseying | /ˈməʊziɪŋ/ /ˈməʊziɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to go in a particular direction slowly and with no definite purpose
- He moseyed on over to the bar.
- I was moseying along the street, minding my own business.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘go away quickly’.