Meanings
nounmosh pit (plural mosh pits)
plural mosh pits
- The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
If the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and circulating nurse know how to communicate with one another, a lot can get done. If not, the ballet devolves into something more like a mosh pit.
2006, Alan S. Brown, “Virtual OR”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 128, November 2006, page 32Synonyms: mosh circle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
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Czech kotel
- kotelmosh dance floor
Dutch pogokring
- pogokringmosh dance floor
Finnish mosh pit, pitti
- mosh pitmosh dance floor
- pittimosh dance floor
French mosh pit
- mosh pitmosh dance floor
German Pogokreis, Moshpit
- Pogokreismosh dance floor
- Moshpitmosh dance floor
- Schlammgrubemosh dance floor
Irish log maiseála
- log maiseálamosh dance floor
Japanese モッシュピット
- モッシュピット (mosshupitto)mosh dance floor
Spanish hoya mosh
- hoya moshmosh dance floor
Swedish moshpit
- moshpitmosh dance floor
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“mosh pit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosh%20pit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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