US /dʒɑʃ/ UK /dʒɒʃ/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to tease or banter in a good-natured way

    His friends josh him endlessly about his terrible singing voice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to tease or banter in a... teasebanterkidribchaffridicule
Word family
Derived forms josherjoshing

Etymology

American colloquialism of the mid-19th century, of uncertain origin; possibly a blend of 'joke' and 'bosh', or from the personal name 'Josh'.

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