josh

[ josh ]

/ dʒɒʃ /

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verb (used with or without object)

to chaff; banter in a teasing way.

noun

good-natured banter.

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Origin of josh

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; of obscure origin

OTHER WORDS FROM josh

josher, noun

Other definitions for josh (2 of 3)

Josh

[ josh ]

/ dʒɒʃ /

noun

a male given name, form of Joshua.

Other definitions for josh (3 of 3)

Josh.

abbreviation Bible.

Joshua.

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How to use josh in a sentence

His brother, Josh, who runs a fitness-focused physical therapy company, said Funk is stronger and faster than before.
Maryland’s Jake Funk has become numb to pain so the tumult of 2020 can’t faze him|Emily Giambalvo|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
Now that Josh is working full time at home as a lawyer, that remodel is paying dividends.
Sharing a home office with your partner? Here’s how to keep the peace.|Amanda Long|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
When Josh is just being who they are, it’s a full-makeup Elphaba experience.
Date Lab update: These daters discussed their witch personas. Here’s where they are now.|Maureen O'Connor|November 5, 2020|Washington Post
We’ll all adapt sooner or later, both Jared and Josh predict.
Why everyone’s so angry about Google’s new app icons|Aaron Pressman|October 30, 2020|Fortune

I jammed back and said to Josh, “Dude, we can save our neighbors’ houses.”
How We Saved Our Neighborhood from a Wildfire|Dain Zaffke|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
Little Jim talked horses and cattle and ranching with the grown-ups and took their good-natured joshing philosophically.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert Knibbs
There was not much talk now, and very little joshing or laughter.
The New Boys at Oakdale|Morgan Scott
Apparently the amount of the start given the lunatic depended upon the amount of the bet to which the joshing led up.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
The Harvard boys had to stand for an awful joshing on the way they had been outwitted by 'Lo!
Bert Wilson on the Gridiron|J. W. Duffield
Perhaps it was our joshing about what Robinson Crusoe would be likely to do, if he found himself located like we are.
The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna|Herbert Carter

British Dictionary definitions for josh (1 of 2)

josh

/ (dʒɒʃ) slang /

verb

to tease (someone) in a bantering way

noun

a teasing or bantering joke

Derived forms of josh

josher, noun

Word Origin for josh

C19: perhaps from joke, influenced by bosh 1

British Dictionary definitions for josh (2 of 2)

Josh.

/ Bible /

abbreviation for

Joshua

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