mosh pit
noun
: an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes place at a rock concert
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The kids are all in costume in a mosh pit in front of the stage on Deck 9.
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Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
Skaters made use of a ramp in one of the rooms, a low platform acted as the perfect stage for bands to perform, and space still remained for mosh pits.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Shapiro goes on at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by a pyrotechnics display worthy of the WWE — an elfin figure in an off-the-rack sports coat occupying center stage, cheered on like a pop siren by a mosh pit filled with blond 20-somethings in Stetsons and MAGA hats.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
The pit became a war zone with two mosh pits turning like tornados, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Aug. 2024
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Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
Skaters made use of a ramp in one of the rooms, a low platform acted as the perfect stage for bands to perform, and space still remained for mosh pits.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Shapiro goes on at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by a pyrotechnics display worthy of the WWE — an elfin figure in an off-the-rack sports coat occupying center stage, cheered on like a pop siren by a mosh pit filled with blond 20-somethings in Stetsons and MAGA hats.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
The pit became a war zone with two mosh pits turning like tornados, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Mosh pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosh%20pit. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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