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/ˈmoʊ.zi/ · verb
(chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey..
Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.
We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.
“Was he runnin‘?” “No, he’s just moseyin‘ along, so slow you can’t hardly tell it. He’s comin’ this way.”
Use mosey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mosey means (chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey..
Common synonyms include amble.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.
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