moose
Noun
- A large, deer-like ruminant mammal with broad antlers.
- large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
- The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
- Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.
- An ugly person.
- An Asian girl taken as a lover.
Examples
- Playing ’MOOSE’ felt like bringing a majestic, wild creature onto the board.
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
Origin / Etymology
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
Synonyms
Alces alces, elk, European elk, Newfoundland speed bump
Scrabble Score: 7
moose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmoose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
moose: valid Words With Friends Word