an area at a rock-music concert, usually in front of the stage, where members of the audience dance in a frantic and violent manner
mosh pit in American English
noun
slang
an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts
Word origin
[1985–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1985–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA fingerprinting, Human Genome Project, WIMP, antisense, golden handcuffs
Examples of 'mosh pit' in a sentence
mosh pit
Will there be a jazz mosh pit?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One end resembled a mosh-pit at times.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There's nothing like the sight of an 18th-century pilaster to calm a mosh-pit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There was a stage invasion and the middle-aged mosh pit was a sight to behold.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And that was my first mosh-pit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It would probably be more comfortable to stand still and be rolled mechanically along than to be shouldered about in the museum mosh-pit.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The metaphor of a cultural mosh-pit is an apt one for an evolutionary literary critic.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The sturdy case protects the phone and makes it easier to grip - ideal when filming bands from a lively mosh pit.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Others in the congregation were jumping around, limbs flailing wildly, as if they were in a death metal group's mosh pit.
The Sun (2013)
He swiped them from fans' front jeans pockets as they jumped around in the 'mosh pit' at the front of the stage.