Definition of "mosey"

mosey

/ˈmoʊ.zi/

verb
third-person singular simple present moseys, present participle moseying, simple past and past participle moseyed
1. (chiefly US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
  Quotations
  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.
  1910, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “chapter 1”, in Kilmeny of the Orchard
2. (chiefly US, dialectal) To go off quickly: to hurry up.
3. (chiefly US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
  Quotations
  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.
  1919, William MacLeod Raine, “chapter 6”, in A Man Four-Square