| Definitions | | mosh |
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verb (mosh, es)
- (intransitive) To dance by intentionally jump, jumping into and collide, colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movement, movements.
- Quotations
- 2005: 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 <B>moshed</B> and staggered through a stifling but often exciting day. — Kelefa Sanneh, "Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody," New York Times, July 28.
- (transitive) To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert
Etymology: Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.
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