Synonyms
Examples of josh in a Sentence
Verb
Don't take him seriously. He's just joshing.
don't get all hot and bothered! I'm just joshing you
Noun
a close-knit family constantly exchanging lighthearted joshes at the dinner table
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
The movie’s best moments are the ones in which Mary and Paul camp out in front of the TV, drinking whiskey and joshing each other well into the wee hours.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 13 June 2023
Ripa—expertly self-deprecatory, humble in the face of escalating absurdities—joshed that their attendance was a form of punishment, and instead courted the home viewer’s attention.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2020
Last June, at an annual gathering of military bigwigs in Singapore, France’s defence minister joshed her British counterpart by pointing out that the previous year both had vied to send more frigates to the Shangri-La Dialogue than the other.
—The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
The son of Caitlyn Jenner and star of The Hills joshed about the moment on Instagram yesterday when his pal Brandon Lee brought up the hot topic in his comments.
—Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2019
They could just as easily be ensconced in your den, hunched over Playstation while joking, joshing and jabbing with each other as only best buds can.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 5 July 2019
There is a little too much joshing around going on, actually.
—Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
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Verb
Bale, speaking in a bland, hollow voice that has the slightest hint of frat-boy joshing, delivers a piece of polished, satiric archness that goes well beyond the obvious allegorical gag (capitalism = murder) into ... what, exactly?
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
The movie’s best moments are the ones in which Mary and Paul camp out in front of the TV, drinking whiskey and joshing each other well into the wee hours.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 13 June 2023
Ripa—expertly self-deprecatory, humble in the face of escalating absurdities—joshed that their attendance was a form of punishment, and instead courted the home viewer’s attention.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2020
Last June, at an annual gathering of military bigwigs in Singapore, France’s defence minister joshed her British counterpart by pointing out that the previous year both had vied to send more frigates to the Shangri-La Dialogue than the other.
—The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
The son of Caitlyn Jenner and star of The Hills joshed about the moment on Instagram yesterday when his pal Brandon Lee brought up the hot topic in his comments.
—Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2019
They could just as easily be ensconced in your den, hunched over Playstation while joking, joshing and jabbing with each other as only best buds can.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 5 July 2019
There is a little too much joshing around going on, actually.
—Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
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“Josh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/josh. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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