josh

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++josh /dʒɒʃ $ dʒɑːʃ/ verb  [intransitive, transitive] old-fashionedJOKE to talk to someone or laugh at them in a gentle joking way 开玩笑；戏弄 The guys josh him and call him an egghead. 大伙儿取笑他，叫他书呆子。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

josh• We josh and kid: our trusses, our elbow supports.• John-Augustus tried to josh himself into accepting that his own bout was no more than that.

josh verbChinese  

to or to someone Corpus at laugh talk

josh
josh /dʒɒʃ $ dʒɑːʃ/ verb
[intransitive and transitive] old-fashioned to talk to someone or laugh at them in a gentle joking way:
    The guys josh him and call him an egghead.

joshBrE /dʒɒʃ/ 🔊NAmE /dʒɑːʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they josh BrE /dʒɒʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /dʒɑːʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it joshes BrE /ˈdʒɒʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒɑːʃɪz/ 🔊past simple joshed BrE /dʒɒʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /dʒɑːʃt/ 🔊past participle joshed BrE /dʒɒʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /dʒɑːʃt/ 🔊 -ing form joshing BrE /ˈdʒɒʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒɑːʃɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb) | + speech (informal) to gently make fun of sb or talk to them in a joking way 开玩笑；戏弄 SYN tease