mosey around
to walk or move in a relaxed way
TRANSLATION
mosey around = schlendern, bummeln --- GOOGLE INDEX mosey (around): approximately 1,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
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GPS System Helps Blind People MOSEY AROUND Town
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The park, which now stretches from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street, is also a great place just to MOSEY AROUND.
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The park, which now stretches from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street, is also a great place just to MOSEY AROUND.
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mosey
verb
- to move in a leisurely, relaxed way
- to get going, move along
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The verb mosey is an American term that originated during the early 19th century. It may be related to the British dialectal "mose about," to go about in a dull or stupid way, or it may have derived from the Spanish "vamos" (American variation = vamoose), meaning to leave or to go. The exact origin is unknown however.
Mosey is frequently combined with a preposition to form a phrasal verb such as:
- mosey around, mosey about = to walk around leisurely, often without a destination in mind
- mosey along = to leave a place (I better mosey along. It’s getting late)
- mosey over to, mosey down to = to go someplace without hurrying (Let’s mosey over to the Chinese place for lunch. I’m going to mosey down to the park and wait for you there.)
In British English, the noun form of mosey is frequently used, such as in "I’m going to have a mosey around the shops." The tendency to rely on nouns instead of verbs is not uncommon in British English. Below are two other expressions that illustrate this difference in British and US English usage:
- lie-in = a long stay in bed in the morning (I had a lie-in this morning). In US English, people generally say, "I slept in this morning."
- fry-up = usually refers to a full English breakfast (Let’s have a fry-up. I’m really hungry.) In US English: "Let’s fry up some breakfast. I’m really hungry.)
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SYNONYMS
saunter, meander, amble, ramble, traipse, dilly-dally, drift, stroll, wander
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"London is a great place to just mosey around and look at the sights."
verb
- to move in a leisurely, relaxed way
- to get going, move along
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The verb mosey is an American term that originated during the early 19th century. It may be related to the British dialectal "mose about," to go about in a dull or stupid way, or it may have derived from the Spanish "vamos" (American variation = vamoose), meaning to leave or to go. The exact origin is unknown however.
Mosey is frequently combined with a preposition to form a phrasal verb such as:
- mosey around, mosey about = to walk around leisurely, often without a destination in mind
- mosey along = to leave a place (I better mosey along. It’s getting late)
- mosey over to, mosey down to = to go someplace without hurrying (Let’s mosey over to the Chinese place for lunch. I’m going to mosey down to the park and wait for you there.)
In British English, the noun form of mosey is frequently used, such as in "I’m going to have a mosey around the shops." The tendency to rely on nouns instead of verbs is not uncommon in British English. Below are two other expressions that illustrate this difference in British and US English usage:
- lie-in = a long stay in bed in the morning (I had a lie-in this morning). In US English, people generally say, "I slept in this morning."
- fry-up = usually refers to a full English breakfast (Let’s have a fry-up. I’m really hungry.) In US English: "Let’s fry up some breakfast. I’m really hungry.)
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SYNONYMS
saunter, meander, amble, ramble, traipse, dilly-dally, drift, stroll, wander
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"London is a great place to just mosey around and look at the sights."
