Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To leave hurriedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Slang, Eng. & U. S. To depart quickly; to depart from.
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- verb slang To
run away , toflee . - verb slang To
hurry . - verb informal To be expelled
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- verb leave suddenly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a "vamoose" burglary in which a car was stolen from
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Ragefully, she tells the guests to scat, get lost, vamoose, just scram!
Sendak's Party Animals Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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In denial, as in the first of the 5 stages of grief vamoose
Obama on Brown… and Lane on Obama. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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A Jets P.R. man told Revis to vamoose when Francesa kept badgering Revis about a no-call on his 100-yard interception return against Miami.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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Considering this was discovered last Friday morning vamoose
DNC successful: Ablemarle County GOP HQ attacked. | RedState 2010
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"I've kind of lost my way in this here shebang, and if you'll kindly show me the door I'll cause no trouble and sure vamoose."
To Kill a Man 2010
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A Jets P.R. man told Revis to vamoose when Francesa kept badgering Revis about a no-call on his 100-yard interception return against Miami.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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In the fury of the last violent eruption, Rob received his own internal signal to vamoose.
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The senate bill will not die in the house until ... vamoose
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At least 100 Dem representatives will cringe at this statement vamoose
538 Election Model Predicts Brown Win - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2010
treeseed commented on the word vamoose
"to decamp," 1834, from Sp. vamos "let us go," from L. vadamus, from vadere "to go, to walk," from PIE base *wadh- "to go" (cf. O.E. wadan "to go," L. vadum "ford").
_Online Etymology Dictionary
February 28, 2008