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mosy

mosy is the alternative spelling of mosey.

Meaning of mosey

Verb

mosey (third-person singular simple present moseys, present participle moseying, simple past and past participle moseyed)

  1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
    • Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.1910, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “chapter 1”, in Kilmeny of the Orchard
  2. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To go off quickly: to hurry up.
  3. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
    • We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.1919, William MacLeod Raine, “chapter 6”, in A Man Four-Square

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Forms of mosy

third-person singular presentmosies
present participlemosying
past participlemosied
pastmosied

Questions about mosy

What is mosy the alternative spelling of?
Mosy is the alternative spelling of mosey.

Words near mosy in the dictionary

  1. Mosul
  2. mosunetuzumab
  3. Mosuo
  4. Mosutho
  5. Mosuto
  6. mosy
  7. mosying
  8. Moszkiewicz
  9. mot
  10. mot d'ordre
  11. mot juste

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