moshed; moshing; moshes
: to engage in uninhibited often frenzied activities (such as intentional collision) with others near the stage at a rock concert
mosher
noun
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Somewhere around the seventh inning, the gaggle of small children in the house conspired, without adult aid or input, to turn off the lights in a bedroom, plug in a strobe light, cue up a trance song on the speaker, and begin to mosh.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Seeing 500-plus teenagers and young adults sing, scream and mosh against the backdrop of an upscale outdoor shopping center in Costa Mesa, Calif. is an image that’s forever seared into my brain.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Ronald Reagan, buried in Ventura County, might be spinning in his grave—if not moshing in the pit.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
At their gigs in London’s massive Wembley Stadium and in Manchester’s Heaton Park, lads cried and moshed and showered each other in beer and cider and more questionable liquids.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Seeing 500-plus teenagers and young adults sing, scream and mosh against the backdrop of an upscale outdoor shopping center in Costa Mesa, Calif. is an image that’s forever seared into my brain.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Ronald Reagan, buried in Ventura County, might be spinning in his grave—if not moshing in the pit.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
At their gigs in London’s massive Wembley Stadium and in Manchester’s Heaton Park, lads cried and moshed and showered each other in beer and cider and more questionable liquids.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mosh
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“Mosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosh. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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