What does mosey mean?
Definitions for mosey
ˈmoʊ zimo·sey
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word mosey.
Princeton's WordNet
amble, moseyverb
walk leisurely
Wiktionary
moseyverb
To set off, get going; to start a journey.
moseyverb
To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
Etymology: . US southernism; conjecturally linked to Spanish vamos (see vamoose) and to British dialectical mose about. May be derived from Alkonkian languages from the root verb to walk, pimose.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mosey
mō′zi, v.i. (Amer. slang) to go off quickly: to hurry up.
Editors Contribution
moseyadjective
Mosey: musty; soft; fusty, woolly
The beer had a distasteful mosey odor indicating it was spoiled.
Etymology: Mid.Eng. mosy, moosy, hairy, downy, O.E. mos, moss, a swamp, connecting the two inherent notions of damp and fungus; for the I.Sc. forms cf. O.N. mosi, id., and the ultimately cognate Norw. dial. mosken, porous, rotten.
Submitted by DukeofBurgundy on August 5, 2021
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MOSEY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mosey is ranked #34916 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Mosey surname appeared 646 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mosey.
87.9% or 568 total occurrences were White.
8.5% or 55 total occurrences were Black.
2.6% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mosey in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mosey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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