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josh

substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos

An instance of good-natured banter.

substantivo

  1. 1

    An instance of good-natured banter.

Etimologia

Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.

verbo

  1. 1

    To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.

    "My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——" Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly. "Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious.[…]"

  2. 2

    To make or exchange good-natured jokes.

    We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.

    “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”

    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.

Formas

plural
joshes
pretérito
joshed
particípio passado
joshed
gerúndio
joshing
3.ª pessoa do singular
joshes
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Conteúdo lexical proveniente do Wiktionary, sob licença CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrada de origem · Versão dos dados 2026-08-23

Posição entre as palavras do corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — legendas de cinema e televisão, ou seja língua falada e não escrita (CC BY-SA 3.0).