MOSH

Meaning of MOSH in English

■ verb informal dance to rock music in a violent manner involving jumping up and down and deliberately colliding with other dancers.

Origin

1980s: perh. from mash or mush 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MOSH — intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of mash or mush Date: 1983 to engage in uninhibited often frenzied activities (as intentional …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOSH — ˈmäsh intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: perhaps alteration of mash (II) or mush (II) : to engage in uninhibited …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSH — /mosh/ , v.i. Slang. to engage in a form of frenzied, violent dancing; slam-dance. [ 1980-85; perh. var. of MASH …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSH — v. slam dance, dance by flailing one's limbs and striking other people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOSH — intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of mash or mush Date: 1983 : to engage in uninhibited often frenzied activities (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSH — mosh BrE AmE mɒʃ AmE mɑːʃ ▷ moshed mɒʃt AmE mɑːʃt ▷ moshes ˈmɒʃ ɪz -əz AmE ˈmɑːʃ əz ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOSH — / mɒʃ; NAmE mɑːʃ/ verb [ v ] to dance and jump up and down violently or without control at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSH — mosh /mɒʃ $ mɑːʃ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] informal [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Perhaps from mosh 'to crush' (19-20 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOSH — ( moshes, moshing, moshed) If people at a rock concert mosh , they jump up and down together in front …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSH — If people at a rock concert ~, they jump up and down together in front of the stage, often pushing …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MOSH — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mosh pit
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOSH — Slam dancing. Usually associated with heavy metal music. Example: Back in '85 I saw Slayer play, and the first time …
Slang English vocab
MOSH — a man, a husband
Khowar English Dictionary
MOSH — v. Pronunciation: ' mäsh Function: intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of mash or mush Date: 1983 : to engage in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOSH PIT — noun Date: 1988 an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes places at a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOSH PIT — noun : an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes place at a rock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSH PIT — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts. [ 1985-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSH PIT — the area in front of a stage at a concert where moshing takes place
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOSH PIT — Date: 1988 : an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes places at a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSH PIT — noun the place, just in front of the stage, where the audience at a concert of rock music moshes
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSH PIT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Other players were surrounded, but Deion was the only one who appeared to be slam-dancing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOSHER — noun see: mosh
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOSHER — noun see mosh
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISHMASH — /mish"mahsh', -mash'/ , n. a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble. Also, mishmosh /mish"mosh'/ . [ 1425-75; late ME; gradational formation based …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHEMOSH — /kee"mosh/ , n. a Moabite god. Jer. 48.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSHER — see mosh
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2000 — A parade of teen-oriented pop stars, led by the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Ricky Martin, marched into the hearts …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLACK FLAG — American band whose extensive touring and prolific recording helped to popularize hardcore punk, the genre that arose in California in …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUERY BY EXAMPLE — < database , language > (QBE) A user-friendly query language developed by Mosh Zloof of IBM in 1975. http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/z/Zloof:Mosh=eacute=_M=.html . …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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