Synonyms for vamoose
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : va-moos |
| Phonetic Transcription : væˈmus |
Définition of vamoose
Origin :- "to decamp," 1834, from Spanish vamos "let us go," from Latin vadamus, from vadere "to go, to walk," from PIE root *wadh- "to go" (cf. Old English wadan "to go," Latin vadum "ford;" see wade (v.)).
- verb leave quickly
- "Don't you tell me to vamoose in my own house," a girl's voice retorted.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
- Indians vamoose with Tootsie Wootsie, mount their horses, and vanish into the dawn.
- Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer
- "Perhaps you'd better let him vamoose," said Flood Rawley anxiously.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- Everything appears to be propitious for an immediate start, so let's defer the argument and vamoose.
- Extract from : « The Long Chance » by Peter B. Kyne
- Vamoose, is the proper word for telling a Mexican to get out of the road, suggested the professor calmly.
- Extract from : « The Motor Boys Across the Plains » by Clarence Young
- The kid was wise enough to vamoose; so Olaf rides down to ol man Murrays, and reads the riot act to him.
- Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
- When I had got possession of the leather I would pass it quickly to the stall behind me, and he would "vamoose."
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Thief » by Hutchins Hapgood
- Vamoose comes from a quite ordinary Mexican word, vamos, which is Spanish for "let us go."
- Extract from : « Stories That Words Tell Us » by Elizabeth O'Neill
- He's livin', all right, but you vamoose—this mayn't be a pleasant sight tuh see.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
- Yuma shouted through the door, "Vamoose, I'll be down tuh meet yuh in a minute!"
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
Antonyms for vamoose
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