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Definition of josh in English: joshverb dʒɒʃdʒɑʃ [with object]informal 1Tease (someone) in a playful way. 戏弄（某人），戏谑（某人） 他就喜欢戏弄别人。 Example sentencesExamples - Friends josh one another about rites whose public practice incites bloodshed in some other countries, such as Pakistan.
- He was joshing her and she knew it.
- He spoke in Chinese with a translator, and displayed his well-known sense of humor by joshing the translator a bit.
- I noticed this, so I started to josh her, ‘You like those a lot?’
- She's just joshing you, Auntie Rose is a nice old woman.
- Dermot joshed me on my memory lapse but he gave me an opportunity to write about that particular project which has been on the back burner for a while.
- She shook her head to tell me she was not joshing me, and that really was the definition of her relationship with Mr. Patrick.
- ‘We're just joshing Shane a bit,’ Everett said, putting an arm around Angel's shoulders.
- We joke around a lot, splashing paint on one another and Michael joshing me on how I just ‘love’ Madeline.
- In my opinion, Green's not trying to josh anybody.
- The opposition leader was having a grand old time joshing the prime minister.
- Faith joshed her as her best friend handed her another pair of clothes, this time, a beige skirt and a sleeveless lacy lavender v-neck.
- Come on, you know I am just joshing you.
- The former chief earlier told the tribunal he had joshed his former friend about the payments during a jogging session in the Wicklow hills, while Mr Maloney contradicted him and claimed Mr O'Brien had told him about it in his office.
- Little Jasper Cosmo will have no problems amid the rarefied social circles occupied by the Howards, but he would find he was joshed at an inner city comprehensive.
- By now there was some sense of people joshing each other.
- At various points the home fans joshed Ian Murray for the crime of being a former Hibs captain.
- I don't know anyone here and my roommate has a girlfriend and so do the other guys in our suite, and they kept joshing me about being single because I didn't say anything about having one.
- We were joshing each other and she just entered naturally into the discussion, and was pestering Hanzel to buy some.
Synonyms make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, make jokes about, rag, mock, laugh at, guy, satirize, be sarcastic about - 1.1no object Engage in joking or playful talk with others.
开玩笑；戏弄 they joshed with the men who were waiting their turn to eat there was some perfunctory joshing Example sentencesExamples - Lots of laughter and joshing and such, just as a Friday evening dinner should be.
- Even when he joshed with them, the sycophantic laughter was always nervous.
- They both mean the same thing, I know that, but I prefer joking and I've never used joshing before in my whole lifetime.
- She bent slightly to look under his grimy hat to check if he was joshing with her.
- ‘Yeah, it's pretty apparent,’ Gillian joshed.
- Nearby two of his associates josh with one another while keeping a close eye out for the law.
- They josh among themselves like members of an all-male club (which, of course, they are).
- OK, I'm still just joshing - but take a hint already, will you?
- Yes, I knew you were joshing, but I like to explain these things anyway, just in case there are other readers who aren't sure.
- The boy's so wired up he wants to hit him but the mate is laughing and joshing with him.
- It takes a certain skill to do this well, juggling topics, joshing with callers and cracking jokes.
- Each time he signs a book, Viselman gives out a bag of gourmet jelly beans and joshes with his new fans.
- I'm grateful that tomorrow I'll be back to my comfortable chef's pants and clogs, able to josh with my coworkers and play with food, safely hidden from the dining room.
- Even though I was, unsurprisingly, inebriated, and just wanted to lark and josh around with the lads.
- There is also hassling and teasing and good-natured joshing that to an adult looks like vicious bullying but to a child is something different.
- Soon enough we were laughing and joshing and teasing our way along once more, the way we do.
- ‘There are two old ladies on your starboard side who want their money back’, he joshed.
- Like a long-married couple they josh, tease, squabble, niggle and compete to put each other down, and, in doing so, carry the show far beyond the austere world of words into the foothills of sitcom.
- There's banter about the choice of music, some light-hearted joshing.
- ‘I think they just get that gift when they become mothers,’ Gillian joshed.
Synonyms repartee, raillery, ripostes, sallies, swordplay, quips, wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay joke, jest, pun, sally, quip
noun dʒɒʃdʒɑʃ mass nounNorth American informal Good-natured banter. 〈北美〉（善意的）取笑，逗弄 we found him tired-eyed and peaked—not a man for josh and chatter Synonyms tease, make fun of, chaff
Derivativesnounˈdʒɒʃəˈdʒɑʃər informal ‘Another thing,’ said Joe, ‘I want to know whether you people are up on figures or whether you are a bunch of joshers.’ Example sentencesExamples - The droll, witty Harvard Lampoon staff, the prime joshers of the Ivy League, have selected People magazine for their next parody effort.
OriginMid 19th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. Rhymesawash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cloche, cohosh, cosh, dosh, Foch, galosh, gosh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, splosh, squash, swash, tosh, wash Definition of josh in US English: joshverbdʒɑʃjäSH [with object]informal 1Tease (someone) in a playful way. 戏弄（某人），戏谑（某人） 他就喜欢戏弄别人。 Example sentencesExamples - The opposition leader was having a grand old time joshing the prime minister.
- Friends josh one another about rites whose public practice incites bloodshed in some other countries, such as Pakistan.
- She shook her head to tell me she was not joshing me, and that really was the definition of her relationship with Mr. Patrick.
- Little Jasper Cosmo will have no problems amid the rarefied social circles occupied by the Howards, but he would find he was joshed at an inner city comprehensive.
- ‘We're just joshing Shane a bit,’ Everett said, putting an arm around Angel's shoulders.
- At various points the home fans joshed Ian Murray for the crime of being a former Hibs captain.
- She's just joshing you, Auntie Rose is a nice old woman.
- By now there was some sense of people joshing each other.
- He spoke in Chinese with a translator, and displayed his well-known sense of humor by joshing the translator a bit.
- We were joshing each other and she just entered naturally into the discussion, and was pestering Hanzel to buy some.
- Dermot joshed me on my memory lapse but he gave me an opportunity to write about that particular project which has been on the back burner for a while.
- In my opinion, Green's not trying to josh anybody.
- We joke around a lot, splashing paint on one another and Michael joshing me on how I just ‘love’ Madeline.
- He was joshing her and she knew it.
- Come on, you know I am just joshing you.
- I noticed this, so I started to josh her, ‘You like those a lot?’
- Faith joshed her as her best friend handed her another pair of clothes, this time, a beige skirt and a sleeveless lacy lavender v-neck.
- The former chief earlier told the tribunal he had joshed his former friend about the payments during a jogging session in the Wicklow hills, while Mr Maloney contradicted him and claimed Mr O'Brien had told him about it in his office.
- I don't know anyone here and my roommate has a girlfriend and so do the other guys in our suite, and they kept joshing me about being single because I didn't say anything about having one.
Synonyms make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, make jokes about, rag, mock, laugh at, guy, satirize, be sarcastic about - 1.1no object Engage in joking or playful talk with others.
开玩笑；戏弄 Example sentencesExamples - She bent slightly to look under his grimy hat to check if he was joshing with her.
- ‘Yeah, it's pretty apparent,’ Gillian joshed.
- There is also hassling and teasing and good-natured joshing that to an adult looks like vicious bullying but to a child is something different.
- Each time he signs a book, Viselman gives out a bag of gourmet jelly beans and joshes with his new fans.
- Yes, I knew you were joshing, but I like to explain these things anyway, just in case there are other readers who aren't sure.
- Like a long-married couple they josh, tease, squabble, niggle and compete to put each other down, and, in doing so, carry the show far beyond the austere world of words into the foothills of sitcom.
- There's banter about the choice of music, some light-hearted joshing.
- OK, I'm still just joshing - but take a hint already, will you?
- They josh among themselves like members of an all-male club (which, of course, they are).
- It takes a certain skill to do this well, juggling topics, joshing with callers and cracking jokes.
- Nearby two of his associates josh with one another while keeping a close eye out for the law.
- Even when he joshed with them, the sycophantic laughter was always nervous.
- Soon enough we were laughing and joshing and teasing our way along once more, the way we do.
- They both mean the same thing, I know that, but I prefer joking and I've never used joshing before in my whole lifetime.
- I'm grateful that tomorrow I'll be back to my comfortable chef's pants and clogs, able to josh with my coworkers and play with food, safely hidden from the dining room.
- ‘I think they just get that gift when they become mothers,’ Gillian joshed.
- The boy's so wired up he wants to hit him but the mate is laughing and joshing with him.
- ‘There are two old ladies on your starboard side who want their money back’, he joshed.
- Lots of laughter and joshing and such, just as a Friday evening dinner should be.
- Even though I was, unsurprisingly, inebriated, and just wanted to lark and josh around with the lads.
Synonyms repartee, raillery, ripostes, sallies, swordplay, quips, wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay joke, jest, pun, sally, quip
noundʒɑʃjäSH North American informal Good-natured banter. 〈北美〉（善意的）取笑，逗弄 Synonyms tease, make fun of, chaff
OriginMid 19th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. |