joshing
- present participle of josh.
Example Sentences
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The jury takes part in the spectacle, happily joshing with the defense lawyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Part of the appeal of the show is the humor, both Rowe’s self-depreciating style and that which naturally emerges from the workers, whether they’re gently mocking Rowe or good-naturedly joshing with each other.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
“I’m not going to infect you,” he said in the same joshing tone.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2020
Yu projects a Jimmy Stewart aura, playing the young Hirabayashi as an affable Everyman joshing with the “fellas” and saying things like “Jeepers!”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2018
After lunch the next day, the boys wandered through town, joshing one another, poking into shops, taking pictures with their new cameras, buying a few souvenirs, exploring corners of Kopenick they hadn’t yet seen.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
