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Mosey vs Scoot - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between mosey and scoot

is that mosey is to set off, get going; to start a journey while scoot is to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.

As a noun scoot is

a dollar.

mosey

English

Alternative forms

* mosy, mozey, mozy

Verb

(en verb)
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
  • *1910 , , Kilmeny of the Orchard , chapter 1:
  • *: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.
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
  • *1919 , , A Man Four-Square , chapter 6:
  • *: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.

    • Usage notes

    * Associated especially with the dialect of the Old West.

    scoot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A dollar.
  • (slang) a scooter.
  • :I got a new scoot yesterday. It's a Gamma.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (split) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
    • They scooted over to the window.
  • To ride on a .
  • (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
    • The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
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    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "scoot")

    Derived terms

    * scoot over

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