Josh — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be silly or tease one another

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɑːʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɒʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɒʃ/

1 syllable Say it as /dʒˈɑːʃ/.

Examples

After we relaxed, we just kidded around

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

banter kid chaff jolly

Parts of Speech

verb	be silly or tease one another “After we relaxed, we just kidded around”

Word Forms

jolly	noun	a happy party
banter	noun	light teasing repartee

Around the World

Europe

🇳🇱Dutch

Jos

gek zijn of elkaar plagen

🇷🇺Russian

Джош

глупить или дразнить друг друга

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जोश

मूर्ख बनो या एक दूसरे को चिढ़ाओ

🇧🇩Bengali

জোশ

নির্বোধ হও বা একে অপরকে জ্বালাতন কর

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜோஷ்

முட்டாள்தனமாக அல்லது ஒருவரையொருவர் கிண்டல் செய்யுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

జోష్

వెర్రి లేదా ఒకరినొకరు ఆటపట్టించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

जोश

मूर्ख व्हा किंवा एकमेकांना चिडवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

જોશ

મૂર્ખ બનો અથવા એકબીજાને ચીડવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜೋಶ್

ಮೂರ್ಖರಾಗಿರಿ ಅಥವಾ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಕೀಟಲೆ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജോഷ്

വിഡ്ഢികളാകുകയോ പരസ്പരം കളിയാക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੋਸ਼

ਮੂਰਖ ਬਣੋ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਛੇੜੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

جوش

پاگل بنیں یا ایک دوسرے کو تنگ کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乔什

犯傻或互相取笑

🇯🇵Japanese

ジョシュ

ばかげたり、お互いをからかったりする

🇰🇷Korean

조롱

어리석게 굴거나 서로 놀리거나

🇹🇭Thai

จอช

จะโง่หรือหยอกล้อกัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

astaga

bersikap konyol atau menggoda satu sama lain

🇵🇭Filipino

si josh

maging tanga o kulitin ang isa't isa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جوش

تكون سخيفة أو ندف بعضها البعض

🇮🇷Persian

جاش

احمق باشید یا یکدیگر را مسخره کنید

🇮🇱Hebrew

ג'וש

להיות טיפשים או להקניט אחד את השני

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