as in to saunter
US, informal
to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way
I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet. He moseyed up to the bar.
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Recent Examples of mosey
The multicolored under glow on Motley’s Hellcat twinkled while attendees moseyed around the car, pointing fingers and asking questions.
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Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Last year, Willie and Family even moseyed on over to New Jersey.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
To get to surf contests, fans can mosey down the trails, walk up or down the shoreline or even watch from a boat.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
There’s a place where both of those come together as one; where green fairways mosey up against beautiful cranberry bogs; where farmers do their thing for the good of that crop right next to golfers focusing on working toward their best round.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Last year, Willie and Family even moseyed on over to New Jersey.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
To get to surf contests, fans can mosey down the trails, walk up or down the shoreline or even watch from a boat.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
There’s a place where both of those come together as one; where green fairways mosey up against beautiful cranberry bogs; where farmers do their thing for the good of that crop right next to golfers focusing on working toward their best round.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mosey
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Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Adults can stroll the grounds sipping beer and wine, which are sold on site.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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Officers stroll the streets of Beijing with Motorola walkie talkies.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her task now is simply to wander, wait and listen.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Zambia also invented the walking safari.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Law enforcement agents carrying machine guns and an officer with a police dog were among the few walking around.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Then, a black horse strode between the trees, beelining for Stires.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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The child was nowhere to be seen on Wednesday as her father strode down the red carpet at Tiananmen Square ahead of Xi’s military parade.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Mosey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mosey. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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