mosh pit

See also: moshpit

English

Etymology

From mosh +‎ pit.

Noun

mosh pit (plural mosh pits)

1. The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
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     If the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and circulating nurse know how to communicate with one another, a lot can get done. If not, the ballet devolves into something more like a mosh pit.

Synonyms

• mosh circle

Translations

mosh dance floor

• Czech: kotel (cs) m
• Dutch: pogokring m
• Finnish: mosh pit, pitti
• French: mosh pit m
• German: Pogokreis m, Moshpit (de) m or n, Schlammgrube f
• Irish: log maiseála m
• Japanese: モッシュピット (mosshupitto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шу̏тка f

  Roman: šȕtka f

• Swedish: moshpit c

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