to josh
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6.5
- verb
- /dʒɑʃ/
- Informal
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bromear
- Don't take it seriously, I'm just joshing around with you.
- just joshing
- josh around
- josh each other
Examples
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Dear, uh, you're being joshed.
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I have 'O Pato,'" she joshed good-naturedly about her most popular song.
Blog text (17) -
I decided to josh him a little, you know, he being my kid brother and everything.
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Well, Devon, I would never josh you.
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I was only joshing you a bit.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well you don't think I'd josh you about a thing like that, do ya?
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Now, you fellas are joshin' me.
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Nah, I'm just joshing with you.
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I like to josh; it's a little like walking through a biting, buzzing, gray cloud.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was just joshing.
Synonyms
∞
3.5
To tease someone in a friendly, playful way
476
1.0
To say or do something to make people laugh
25
3.9
To make jokes about someone to make them look silly
23
3.4
To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind
17
4.0
An act of making fun of someone in a playful way
5
9.1
To tease someone in a playful or annoying way
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3.8
To tease someone in a friendly, joking way
1
7.5
To joke or tease someone in a friendly way
1
8.7
To make a playful joke or trick someone to make them laugh
To make fun of someone in a playful way
Antonyms
How Playful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word josh may come from the common name Josh, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a friend called Josh who likes to poke fun at people for fun. So to josh someone is to 'tease' or 'joke' with them in a friendly, playful way.