joshing

English

Verb

joshing

  1. present participle and gerund of josh

Derived terms

Noun

joshing (countable and uncountable, plural joshings)

  1. Good-natured teasing.
    Synonyms: bantering, ribbing
    • 1936 December, Robert E. Howard, “The Vultures of Wahpeton”, in Smashing Novels Magazine:
      He weaved away down the street, amidst the jovial joshings of the miners, to which he retorted with bibulous good nature.
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