mosh

verb

ˈmäsh 

moshed; moshing; moshes

intransitive verb

: to engage in uninhibited often frenzied activities (such as intentional collision) with others near the stage at a rock concert

mosher noun

Examples of mosh in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The group’s video board showed plenty of members in the crowd singing and moshing the night away. — Rashad Alexander october 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

Outdoor bars and pop-up tasting stands peppered the festival grounds, offering adult libations to the 21-and-over crowd dancing, moshing and rocking out all weekend. — Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Audiences interested in the rock side of Lollapalooza will surely want to check out their early-evening set on the Bud Light stage, where fans will hopefully mosh and get rowdy. — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Hardcore rockers Turnstile brought up the energy on the Which stage after dark as video screens showed excited fans moshing in the pit with nothing but smiles on their faces. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of mash or mush

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mosh

• mosh pit

Rhymes for mosh

• bosh
• frosh
• gosh
• josh
• posh
• quash
• slosh
• squash
• swash
• tosh
• wash
• backwash