Vamoose

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  vamoose \va*moose"\ (v[a^]*m[=oo]s"), v. i. & t. [Sp. vamos let
     us go.]
     To depart quickly; to depart from. [Written also {vamos}, and
     {vamose}.] [Slang, Eng. & U. S.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  vamose \va*mose"\ (v[.a]*m[=o]s"), v. i. & t. [Sp. vamos let us
     go.]
     To vamoose; -- an older spelling and pronunciation variant.
     [Written also {vamos}, and {vamoose}.] [Slang, Eng. & U. S.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vamoose
       v : leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
           [syn: {decamp}, {skip}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "vamoose":
     be off, beat it, begone, blow, clear out, decamp, dog it,
     duck and run, duck out, flake off, get, get going, get lost,
     get out, git, hightail, hit the road, kite, lam,
     make yourself scarce, scram, shove off, skedaddle, skin out, split,
     take a powder, take off