mosey
Other forms: moseyed; moseying; moseys
When you mosey, you stroll along in no particular hurry. You might mosey down the street to the town pool on a hot summer day.
People mosey when they're in no rush to get where they're going. You're more likely to mosey over to the book store on a Saturday than you are to mosey to work when you're running late. The verb mosey is early-1800s American slang with an uncertain origin. Some experts think it comes from the British slang mose, "to go about in a dull, stupid way," while others see a connection to the Spanish vamos, or "let us go."
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walk leisurely
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