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单词 mosey
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moseyn.

Brit. /ˈməʊzi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊzi/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mosey v.
Etymology: < mosey v.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
A walk at a leisurely pace; a stroll.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > a walk or journey on foot > an informal stroll
mosey1960
walkabout1970
1960 Sat. Evening Post 24 Dec. 81/1 Take a mosey around the place.
1979 Washington Post 24 June e1/4 ‘Gait’..can take many forms—from the mosey through the 3 mph most of us use, and the 4 mph traditionally used by the military, to the 8 mph of the race walkers—faster than most joggers run.
1991 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 8 July d1 A mosey over to the infield finds Kevin Mulvey loping along on a forklift.
2003 Ayr (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 17 Jan. 10 I usually go out and have a mosey around.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moseyv.

Brit. /ˈməʊzi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊzi/
Forms: 1800s– mosey, 1900s– mosy, 1900s– mozy.
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps related to mosy adj. or muzz v. (see discussion s.vv.), although this is perhaps less likely if ‘to go away quickly or promptly’ is the original sense.It is also uncertain whether there is any connection with the following:1902 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 167/2 [Worcestershire] A gooas a mausin' about jus' as if a worn't quite right.
slang (originally U.S.).
intransitive. Originally: to go away quickly or promptly; to make haste (now rare). Later usually: to walk in a leisurely or aimless manner; to amble, wander. Frequently with along, off, on, over.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [verb (intransitive)]
mosey1829
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > at easy pace
mosey1829
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily
fleec825
runOE
swervea1225
biwevec1275
skip1338
streekc1380
warpa1400
yerna1400
smoltc1400
stepc1460
to flee (one's) touch?1515
skirr1548
rubc1550
to make awaya1566
lope1575
scuddle1577
scoura1592
to take the start1600
to walk off1604
to break awaya1616
to make off1652
to fly off1667
scuttle1681
whew1684
scamper1687
whistle off1689
brush1699
to buy a brush1699
to take (its, etc.) wing1704
decamp1751
to take (a) French leave1751
morris1765
to rush off1794
to hop the twig1797
to run along1803
scoot1805
to take off1815
speela1818
to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
absquatulize1829
mosey1829
absquatulate1830
put1834
streak1834
vamoose1834
to put out1835
cut1836
stump it1841
scratch1843
scarper1846
to vamoose the ranch1847
hook1851
shoo1851
slide1859
to cut and run1861
get1861
skedaddle1862
bolt1864
cheese it1866
to do a bunkc1870
to wake snakes1872
bunk1877
nit1882
to pull one's freight1884
fooster1892
to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892
smoke1893
mooch1899
to fly the coop1901
skyhoot1901
shemozzle1902
to light a shuck1905
to beat it1906
pooter1907
to take a run-out powder1909
blow1912
to buzz off1914
to hop it1914
skate1915
beetle1919
scram1928
amscray1931
boogie1940
skidoo1949
bug1950
do a flit1952
to do a scarper1958
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
to do a runner1980
to be (also get, go) ghost1986
1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 459 Mosey, to move off.
1836 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 2 Dec. You'r not going to smoke me. So mosey off.
1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches (1850) i. 17 If your tongue wasn't so thick I'd say you must mosey; but moseying is only to be done when a gemman's half shot.
1870 ‘M. Twain’ Curious Republic Gondour (1919) 57 I hain't got time to be palavering along here—got to..mosey along.
a1877 N.Y. Tribune in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1877) I'll get a room nicely furnished, and my wife and I will jes mosey along till the election trouble is over.
1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xiii. 233 Hurry 'long, D'rindy,..you-uns ain't goin' ter reel a hank ef ye don't mosey.
1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 59 Now I must mosey on down-stairs.
1918 Punch 27 Mar. 206/1 Her funnel's caked with Cape Horn ice and blistered in the sun, She's moseyed round above a bit, and, poor old ship, she's done.
1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn iii. 21 In the fall bears sometimes moseyed in to feed.
1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands v. 111 While Mr Malone made up the Coca-Cola, Jester moseyed over to the scales and stood on them.
1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 134 I thought I'd mosey on over to the liquor store.
2000 Denver Post 26 Nov. c6/2 The hunters moseyed back to the woods for the afternoon hunt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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