mosh pit
noun
: an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes place at a rock concert
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The crowd raged with the music; the mosh pit pulsed.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
This would be equivalent to meeting in the heat of the moment: at a concert mosh pit, in the middle of a workout or maybe while racing to catch the same train.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
As the band played, their fans’ dancing eventually turned into a mosh pit.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
An individual particle can find some peace; a trillion billion are like a mosh pit.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
This would be equivalent to meeting in the heat of the moment: at a concert mosh pit, in the middle of a workout or maybe while racing to catch the same train.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
As the band played, their fans’ dancing eventually turned into a mosh pit.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
An individual particle can find some peace; a trillion billion are like a mosh pit.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mosh pit
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“Mosh pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosh%20pit. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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