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# josh

«josh» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy's name, often short for Joshua** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Josh — a name); verb (josh, joshes, joshed, joshing — old, to tease)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Josh is a boy's name, often short for Joshua. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#m1)

2) To josh is an old word for teasing someone in a friendly, joking way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a name of a person in the story only. In everyday life, Josh is a common name in the USA, Australia and the UK. The verb josh is rare and friendly, not unkind. Phrases: «just joshing» (only joking).

### examples

- Josh has 24 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x1)
- Josh gives half to his brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x2)
- Josh saves 2 dollars a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x3)
- Josh is the goalkeeper in our team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x4)
- Don't worry, I was just joshing you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x5)
- Josh and Emma built a sandcastle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/#x6)

### note

As a name, write it with a capital J: Josh. A name only; no clue. Keep track of whose amount is Josh's. Trap: «gives half to his brother» means divide by 2, and Josh keeps the other half.

### In the corpora

- [Josh writes «I was hopping for a sunny day» and means wishing, not jumping on one leg.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/0/)
- [Maya's friend Josh copied the way a boy talks with his stammer, and everyone laughed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/5/)
- [But Josh saw the boy's face and felt horrible, and the boy didn't come to his party.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/7/)
- [Josh in Leeds was meant to take the bins out on Thursday night, but it was cold and he stayed on the sofa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/0/)
- [Josh said sorry and took the bins out for the next two weeks without being asked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «josh» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/josh/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.