moose
/muːs/
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Northern Ireland/mʉs/
moose noun: the largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
Noun (1)
moose (plural moose or (dated, rare) mooses or (nonstandard, humorous) meese)
- The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
- Synonyms:
- elk, Newfoundland speed bump
- Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.
- Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 152
- An ugly person.
Noun (2)
moose
- An Asian girl taken as a lover.
- In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree, page 279
- Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a ‘Moose’ and still take care of his other obligations.”2011, Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific, page 75
Proper noun capitalized: Moose
Moose
- An English surname.
Noun (3) capitalized: Moose
Moose (plural Mooses)
- A Muslim.
moose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
moose in Hindi
- मूस, मूज़
moose in Tamil
- கடமான் வகை
moose in Marathi
- मूस
moose in Urdu
- موز
More languagesFewer languages
- moose in Bengali
- মুস
- moose in Telugu
- మూస్
- moose in Malayalam
- മൂസ് mūsŭ
- moose in Kannada
- ಮೂಸ್
- moose in Punjabi
- ਮੂਜ਼, ਮੂਸ
- moose in Gujarati
- મૂઝ, મૂસ, મોઝ
- moose in Tagalog
- alse
- moose in Arabic
- مُوظ mūẓ
- moose in Malay
- moose, elk
- moose in Persian
- موس mus, یاله yâle, گاو کوهی gâv-e kuhi, شاهگوزن šāhgavazn
- moose in Thai
- ตัวมูซ dtua môot, มูส môot, กวางมูส gwaang-múus
- moose in Vietnamese
- nai anxet, nai sừng tấm
- moose in Myanmar
- မုစကောင် mu.ca.kaung
Examples of moose in a sentence
- Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.
- Over the weekend, a couple in northern Ontario witnessed the phenomenon of the incredibly rare spirit moose.
- Chasing spirit moose is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, instead of church.
Synonyms of moose
Forms of moose
| plural | moose |
|---|---|
| plural | Mooses |
| plural (dated, rare) | mooses |
| plural (nonstandard, humorous) | meese |
Origin of moose
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
Borrowed from Japanese むすめ (“daughter”).
* Americanized form of German Moos. * Translation and shortening of a Native American name with a word meaning “moose”, such as Dakota ta.
Words formed from moose
- Alaska moose
- Bull Moose
- cow moose
- eastern moose
- ghost moose
- meese
- mooseberry
- moosebird
- mooseburger
- moosecall
- moose deer
- moose elm
- moosehair
- moosehide
- moosehood
- mooseknuckle
- moose knuckle
- mooseless
- mooselike
- mooselimb
- moose limb
- mooseling
- moose maple
- moose milk
- Moose River
- mooseskin
- moose test
- moosette
- moosewood
- moosey
- moose yard
- mooseyard
- mooseyness
- northwestern moose
- Shiras moose
- spirit moose
- stag moose
Phrases with moose
Words that rhyme with moose
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about moose
- What does moose mean?
- Moose means the largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
- What is moose in Hindi?
- Moose in Hindi is मूस, मूज़. See Moose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is moose?
- Moose can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce moose?
- Moose is pronounced /muːs/.
- What is the plural of moose?
- The plural of moose is moose.
Words near moose in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: moose (page history and authors); Moose (page history and authors); moose (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moose (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moose (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moose (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മൂസ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); moose (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moose (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moose (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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