Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to josh
Participle: joshed
Gerund: joshing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | josh |
| you | josh |
| he;she;it | joshes |
| we | josh |
| you | josh |
| they | josh |
Perfect
| I | have joshed |
| you | have joshed |
| he;she;it | has joshed |
| we | have joshed |
| you | have joshed |
| they | have joshed |
Past
| I | joshed |
| you | joshed |
| he;she;it | joshed |
| we | joshed |
| you | joshed |
| they | joshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had joshed |
| you | had joshed |
| he;she;it | had joshed |
| we | had joshed |
| you | had joshed |
| they | had joshed |
Future
| I | will josh |
| you | will josh |
| he;she;it | will josh |
| we | will josh |
| you | will josh |
| they | will josh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have joshed |
| you | will have joshed |
| he;she;it | will have joshed |
| we | will have joshed |
| you | will have joshed |
| they | will have joshed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | josh |
| you | josh |
| he;she;it | josh |
| we | josh |
| you | josh |
| they | josh |
Perfect
| I | have joshed |
| you | have joshed |
| he;she;it | have joshed |
| we | have joshed |
| you | have joshed |
| they | have joshed |
Imperfect
| I | joshed |
| you | joshed |
| he;she;it | joshed |
| we | joshed |
| you | joshed |
| they | joshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had joshed |
| you | had joshed |
| he;she;it | had joshed |
| we | had joshed |
| you | had joshed |
| they | had joshed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would josh |
| you | would josh |
| he;she;it | would josh |
| we | would josh |
| you | would josh |
| they | would josh |
Perfect
| I | would have joshed |
| you | would have joshed |
| he;she;it | would have joshed |
| we | would have joshed |
| you | would have joshed |
| they | would have joshed |
Imperative
| you | josh |
| we | Let's josh |
| you | josh |
Verbs conjugated like 'josh'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'josh'
bosh,
cosh,
mosh,
nosh,
tosh,
ash,
bash,
bose,
boss,
bost,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make fun of
- befool, bust on, clown around, gibe, gird, gleek, jape, jeer, jive, kid, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, poke fun at, pull one's leg, razz, rib, roast, satirize, scoff, scorn, take the mickey, tease, twit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.
Sample Sentences
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"My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——"
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Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly.
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"Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious.[…]" [1915, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 17 March 1916, →OCLC, page 171:]
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We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him. [1902, Jack London, chapter XIV, in A Daughter of the Snows:]
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“Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—” [1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:]
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Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of. [2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian:]