Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vamoose
Participle: vamoosed
Gerund: vamoosing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vamoose |
| you | vamoose |
| he;she;it | vamooses |
| we | vamoose |
| you | vamoose |
| they | vamoose |
Perfect
| I | have vamoosed |
| you | have vamoosed |
| he;she;it | has vamoosed |
| we | have vamoosed |
| you | have vamoosed |
| they | have vamoosed |
Past
| I | vamoosed |
| you | vamoosed |
| he;she;it | vamoosed |
| we | vamoosed |
| you | vamoosed |
| they | vamoosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had vamoosed |
| you | had vamoosed |
| he;she;it | had vamoosed |
| we | had vamoosed |
| you | had vamoosed |
| they | had vamoosed |
Future
| I | will vamoose |
| you | will vamoose |
| he;she;it | will vamoose |
| we | will vamoose |
| you | will vamoose |
| they | will vamoose |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vamoosed |
| you | will have vamoosed |
| he;she;it | will have vamoosed |
| we | will have vamoosed |
| you | will have vamoosed |
| they | will have vamoosed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vamoose |
| you | vamoose |
| he;she;it | vamoose |
| we | vamoose |
| you | vamoose |
| they | vamoose |
Perfect
| I | have vamoosed |
| you | have vamoosed |
| he;she;it | have vamoosed |
| we | have vamoosed |
| you | have vamoosed |
| they | have vamoosed |
Imperfect
| I | vamoosed |
| you | vamoosed |
| he;she;it | vamoosed |
| we | vamoosed |
| you | vamoosed |
| they | vamoosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had vamoosed |
| you | had vamoosed |
| he;she;it | had vamoosed |
| we | had vamoosed |
| you | had vamoosed |
| they | had vamoosed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vamoose |
| you | would vamoose |
| he;she;it | would vamoose |
| we | would vamoose |
| you | would vamoose |
| they | would vamoose |
Perfect
| I | would have vamoosed |
| you | would have vamoosed |
| he;she;it | would have vamoosed |
| we | would have vamoosed |
| you | would have vamoosed |
| they | would have vamoosed |
Imperative
| you | vamoose |
| we | Let's vamoose |
| you | vamoose |
Verbs conjugated like 'vamoose'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vamoose'
vamose,
shmoose,
alose,
amanse,
amese,
amove,
amuse,
appose,
arouse,
arrose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to do things quickly and impatiently
- fly, get a move on, haul, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hurry, hustle, make tracks, move it, rush, scream, shift, swap
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, do a bunk, flee, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, scram, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.
Verbs referencing "vamoose"
English
namous.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1905, Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, volume 7, page 218:]
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“Gone away,” explained Mr. MacBride. “Vamoosed. Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.[…]” [1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:]
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World 6-3: Vamoose the Lava Sluice! [2015, Good-Feel, Yoshi's Woolly World, Wii U, Nintendo, level name]
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You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages. [1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:]
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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. [1958 December 24, “'Sundown' Policy Is Alleged”, in The World, Coos Bay, Oregon, sourced from United Press, via Newspapers.com, page 2:]
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He's got a wife who'll never give him a divorce. She knows about me, but it's still understood that when she decides to go to the ranch for a week or a weekend, I've got to vamoose. [1966, Lita Grey Chaplin, Morton Cooper, My Life with Chaplin, New York: B. Geis Associates, →ISBN, page 190:]
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"Vamoose, you little varmint." [1992, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, “A Fistful of Datas”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6, episode 8:]