mosh

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mosh

  • /mɒʃ/ UK
  • /mɑʃ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒʃ

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Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.

verb moshes · moshing · moshed

  1. intransitive To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild or aggressive movements. From 9 in the morning (when It Dies Today played the lot) until 9 at night (when Ozzy Osbourne led Black Sabbath on the main stage), hardy fans cheered and moshed and staggered through a stifling but often exciting day.
  2. rare, transitive To intentionally jump into and collide with (another dancer) at a concert.

Similar: slam, slam-dance, thrash

noun moshes

  1. The moshing style of dancing. We had a great mosh at the gig.

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: slam, slam-dance, thrash

Translations

Every language

verb wild, jumping dancing

Portuguêsmoshar
Françaispogoter
DeutschPogo tanzen

verb jump and collide with other dancer

Françaispogoter
DeutschPogo tanzen, jemanden antanzen
Italianopogare

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"mosh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mosh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{mosh_2026,
  title = {mosh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mosh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}