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Verb: josh  jósh
Usage: informal
  1. Be silly or tease one another
    "After we relaxed, we just joshed around";
    - kid [informal], chaff, jolly [informal], banter
Noun: josh  jósh
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Light teasing repartee
    - banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat [Brit, informal], bants [Brit, informal], borak [Austral, informal], borax [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: joshed, joshes, joshing

Type of: bait, cod [Brit, informal], rag, rally, razz [N. Amer, informal], repartee, ride [N. Amer, informal], taunt, tease, twit [informal], wind up [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Josh