Link Centre Dictionary

vamoose

va·moose

UK/væˈmus/ US/vəˈmuːs/ rare slang

verb

1.

leave suddenly

  • “She persuaded him to decamp”
  • “skip town”
Synonyms

Origin

Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.