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Meaning of josh in English

josh
verb [ I or T ]
  informal
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/dʒɑːʃ/ uk
/dʒɒʃ/
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to joke, often in order to tease someone (= annoy them slightly in a humorous way):
They were always joshing him about his bald head.
Synonyms
banter
joke
kid informal
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(Definition of josh from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of josh

josh
They weren't holding hands or joshing with each other, but they didn't look uncomfortable.
From The New Yorker
They were always joshing with each other.
From CBS Local
I think he's handin' me a josh at first.
From Project Gutenberg
She's a bright little one, and that's no josh.
From Project Gutenberg
These girls didn't know when they were joshed, and they couldn't josh back.
From Project Gutenberg
I don't know how any of us can act nice, with everybody joshing us so free.
From Project Gutenberg
I'm going to tell just how the play came up--just a josh, it was.
From Project Gutenberg
But each time he went back to town, after having renigged that way, his friends used to josh the life out of him.
From Project Gutenberg
This was merely an instance of the way soldiers "josh" one another.
From Project Gutenberg
And he joshes and jollies all day long.
From Project Gutenberg
You're trying to josh me out of this experiment.
From Project Gutenberg
I'll miss joshing the fellows awfully when they line up to pay for the buckwheats and.
From Project Gutenberg
I warn you, though, that he will josh us most unmercifully.
From Project Gutenberg
He hailed the older man joyously, and, standing up before him with his hands in his pockets, began to josh him unmercifully.
From Project Gutenberg
Then, there isn't enough to that rebate josh to make him so sore.
From Project Gutenberg
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in Chinese (Traditional)
戲弄, 對…開玩笑…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
戏弄, 对…开玩笑…
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