moseying

verb

present participle of mosey
as in strolling
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 moseying There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 Sara Westfall's 5-year-old daughter was the first to spot Rex moseying down the sidewalk. — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026 Cue that John Williams theme because dinosaurs are moseying across your screens again. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 Spend a quintessential small-town day moseying through the local shops and boutiques on historic Main Street. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moseying
  1. strolling
  2. sauntering
  3. walking
  4. wandering
  5. striding
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  • In photos obtained by the Daily Mail, Martin could be seen strolling through Brentwood, Los Angeles in a fluttery white sundress.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • His routine includes strolling toward the mound and sometimes clapping his hands before taking the baseball.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of strolling
Verb
  • Before sauntering down the stairwell to the dressing room, Stones stopped to sign autographs for fans in Inter’s pitchside hospitality suites.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Definition of sauntering
Verb
  • In one video from Mailung, in Nepal’s Rasuwa region, a group of construction workers was seen walking down a mountain path before noticing giant plumes of brown debris in the distance, rapidly cascading toward them.
    — Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of being whisked away by sports cars and speedboats, the pair currently rely on only their feet for transportation, walking from their prison cells along a secure, windowless pedestrian walkway to reach a courtroom for legal proceedings.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of walking
Verb
  • But when Fran discovers a magic tree after wandering into the woods, the trio experience a series of life-altering adventures.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Times classical music critic Mark Swed was there to watch, along with many effusive supporters of music director Gianandrea Noseda’s now wandering orchestra.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The pair of bronzes, designed by James Earle Fraser, each features a nude male figure (one holding a book, the other a bundle of grain) striding next to a Pegasus.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of striding

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“Moseying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moseying. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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