vamoose

English

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

vamoose (third-person singular simple present vamooses, present participle vamoosing, simple past and past participle vamoosed)

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.
- 1905, Wisconsin Alumni Magazine (volume 7, page 218)
  Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone.
(intransitive, slang) To hurry.
(intransitive, informal) To be expelled.
- 1958 December 24, “'Sundown' Policy Is Alleged”, in The World‎, Coos Bay, Oregon, page 2:
  Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Negroes seeking housing in the [sundown] towns had been intimidated and that 'vamoose' warnings have been in vogue for the past year.

to run away, to flee

French: tracer (fr) (slang), bouger (fr) (slang), se barrer (fr) (slang), se casser (fr) (slang), se tirer (fr) (slang), dégager (fr) (slang)

to hurry

French: tracer (fr) (slang), bouger (fr) (slang), grouiller (fr) (slang), se magner (fr) (slang)

to be expelled

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