vamoose

[va-moos] /væˈmus/
verb (used without object), vamoosed, vamoosing.
1.
to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
verb (used with object), vamoosed, vamoosing.
2.
to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
Origin
1830-40; < Spanish vamos let us go, imperative 1st person plural of ir to go
Examples from the web for vamoose
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British Dictionary definitions for vamoose

vamoose

/vəˈmuːs/
verb
1.
(intransitive) (slang, mainly US) to leave a place hurriedly; decamp
Word Origin
C19: from Spanish vamos let's go, from Latin vādere to go, walk rapidly
Word Origin and History for vamoose
v.

"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.)).

Slang definitions & phrases for vamoose

vamoose

verb

To leave; depart, esp hastily; lam, scram, split: We better vamoose, Moose

[1834+; fr Spanish vamos, ''let us depart'']