mosh
mosh Lexical Profile
mosh Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To dance in a violent, energetic manner at a rock, punk, or heavy metal concert by intentionally pushing, shoving, and colliding with other members of the crowd.
"The crowd began to mosh enthusiastically as soon as the band played the opening guitar riff."
• noun
A frenzied, physical style of dance performed at punk and heavy metal concerts in which participants push and slam into one another, or the area in front of the stage where this takes place.
"Several concertgoers jumped off the edge of the stage directly into the mosh."
• Rhymes for mosh
Word Origin & Etymology
Originated in the early 1980s in the hardcore punk scene in Washington, D.C., likely as a dialectal or accented pronunciation of 'mash' (in the sense of dancing wildly) popularized by the Jamaican-origin band Bad Brains.