Meanings
present singular third person moshes · participle present moshing · participle past moshed · past moshed
- intransitiveTo 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.
2005 July 28, Kelefa Sanneh, “Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody”, in New York Times - raretransitiveTo intentionally jump into and collide with (another dancer) at a concert.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdance the slam dance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch pogoën
- pogoënwild, jumping dancing
French pogoter, pogoter
- pogoterwild, jumping dancing
- pogoterjump and collide with other dancer
German Pogo tanzen, Pogo tanzen
- Pogo tanzenwild, jumping dancing
- Pogo tanzenjump and collide with other dancer
- jemanden antanzenjump and collide with other dancer
Hungarian pogózik
- pogózikwild, jumping dancing
Italian pogare
- pogarejump and collide with other dancer
Portuguese moshar
- mosharwild, jumping dancing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mosh
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Cite this entry
mosh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosh
“mosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mosh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosh.
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