# mosh

> English word · Verb · IPA /mɒʃ/ · frequency rank #43,796

## Definitions
1. To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
2. To intentionally jump into and collide with (another dancer) at a concert.

## Etymology
Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.

## Easily confused with
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-ms)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mrs)
- **MPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mps)
- **mph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mph)
- **MSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msm)
- **MSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msg)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mow)
- **MSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msp)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msn)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msa)
- **MSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msi)
- **MSF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msf)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mst)
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-muh)
- **Mss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mss)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-moz)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-most)
- **much** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-much)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mmosh`, `mohs`, `moshh`, `mossh`, `msoh`, `omsh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mosh