mosh pit

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noun

Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.

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Origin of mosh pit

First recorded in 1985–90

Words nearby mosh pit

moshav, mosher, Moshesh, Moshi, Moshoeshoe II, mosh pit, Mosi-oa-Tunya, Moskva, Moslem, Moslemism, Mosley

How to use mosh pit in a sentence

In the middle of a standard VRChat session, which is itself a mosh pit of clashing avatars and frenetic voice chat, a user who was wearing a full body tracking suit apparently had a seizure.
The Metaverse Has Already Arrived. Here’s What That Actually Means|Peter Allen Clark|November 15, 2021|Time
This year, it seems the DJ threw on a two-minute blast of punk, and agencies will emerge from the mosh pit with more bruises than the networks.
Media Buying Briefing: Agencies pay sizable increases to secure time in a limited-inventory upfront marketplace|Michael Bürgi|June 7, 2021|Digiday
So what of the photograph of what the Senate report described as a “well-used waterboard” with buckets around it, at the Salt Pit?
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me|Kimberly Dozier|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He watched the pit grow bigger every month, despite the numerous reports he wrote about the facility.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In several reports he urged the pit operators to safeguard the birds.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Abarca allegedly battered Hernandez, who was then dumped in the pit.
Mexico’s First Lady of Murder Is on the Lam|Michael Daly|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
At length the great Pit Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Old Pit Town knows lots of good people, and would give us letters, I suppose.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
We never see such horrors now; and I actually envied Pit Town the possession of that picture.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for mosh pit

mosh pit

noun

informal an area at a rock-music concert, usually in front of the stage, where members of the audience dance in a frantic and violent manner

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