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moshing

moshing is the present participle and gerund of mosh.

Meaning of mosh

Verb

mosh (third-person singular simple present moshes, present participle moshing, simple past and past participle 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.2005 July 28, Kelefa Sanneh, “Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody”, in New York Times
  2. (rare, transitive) To intentionally jump into and collide with (another dancer) at a concert.

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Questions about moshing

What is moshing the present participle and gerund of?
Moshing is the present participle and gerund of mosh.

Words near moshing in the dictionary

  1. Moshfegh
  2. Moshi
  3. Moshiach
  4. Moshier
  5. Moshiers
  6. moshing
  7. Moshoryne
  8. moshpit
  9. moshpits
  10. Mosi-oa-Tunya
  11. mosied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moshing (page history and authors); mosh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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