Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To knock against others intentionally while dancing at a rock concert; slam-dance.
- v. To knock against (someone) intentionally while dancing at a rock concert.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
- v. transitive To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.
WordNet 3.0
- v. dance the slam dance
Etymologies
- Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps alteration of mash. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The so-called mosh pit is the kiss of death for whoever performs there.”
“Mache (pronounced "mosh" and accented with a little French hat above the 'a' which I can't seem to figure out on Blogger) is a fresh-tasting salad green, pricey but elegant looking so good for special occasions.”
“Paloma Faith trying to be down with the kids as she ask them to 'mosh' to the most soulful of tunes.”
“With all the hooplawdy about wolves and the would we shoot and should we shoot stuff being belched forth like bad BBQ and good beer at a NASCAR race I thought I'd toss this tidbit into the mosh pit.”
“Probably louder and more earnest than a lot of mosh pits.”
“So I am going to keep braving the Grade 5 mosh pit to keep up their unbridled enthusiasm even if it means a few lost books and not being able to hear as well.”
“Acclaimed video artist Floria Sigismondi directs from her own script, and her luscious camerawork captures every sweaty detail-from the filthy trailer where the women practice to the mosh pits of Tokyo.”
Teaser Poster for THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – Collider.com
“Still ... is it enough to make me watch SPN and get in the mosh pit of fandom batshit?”
“It starred Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton as a repo protegee and his jaded mentor and threw in everything from aliens to embryonic mosh pits to West Coast punk rock hooligans carrying out burglaries at low-rent convenience stores, not to mention the classic movie line: “John Wayne was a fag.””
Which came first? “Repo Men” or “Repo! The Genetic Opera”? » Scene-Stealers
“This movie reminded me a lot of Spider Man 3, just a mish mosh of plotlines that never really come together to tell a story.”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is worst of the series » Scene-Stealers
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mosh’.
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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One Left Footer's Manifesto
I was tragically born with an extra left foot. If I weren't so debilitated, this would be my to-do list.
cha cha, tango, waltz, fox trot, limbo, square dance, line dance, mosh, breakdance, pop and lock, robot, salsa and 98 more...
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Spiftacular's Words
spiffy, orchestra, skulduggery, antipathy, leap, sonata, opus, dug, deed, fabulous, nifty, glisten and 221 more...
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Wolfy's Words
wolfy, fauna, evergreen, fuzzy, smorgasborg, architecture, bedlam, endow, exceptional, extrinsic, free, excalibur and 70 more...
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Words that are also songs
Totally ripped off from John.
tribute, sister, mother, pain, plowed, peaches, lump, kitty, drive, warning, duvet, clocks and 46 more...
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Motion and Commotion
gambol, careen, saccadic, brouhaha, swound, cacophony, roil, caprice, waft, keelhaul, conundrum, wend and 22 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mosh.
lampbane "Come along follow me as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me and I won't steer you wrong
Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel
We gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march
Through the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors (c'mon)" Jul 31, 2007