slush
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slush
- /slʌʃ/
Rhymes with -ʌʃ
Where it comes from
May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.
noun slushes
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Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.
Similar: slush ice
- Liquid mud or mire.
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Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
Similar: slushy, slushie, slurpee, Slurpee, slush puppy, Slush Puppie
- A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
- The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
- A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
- Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.
verb slushes · slushing · slushed
- To smear with slushy liquid or grease. The ungrateful “they” are Brooklynites who’ve come to see Harding-Mamary creations as a chain, where you can get it venti in a ramekin with crème fraîche or slushed with guava and salt on the rim.
- To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance. The water was soon slushing merrily over the deck, while the smoke pouring from the cabin stove carried a promise of good things to come.
- To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slosh, splosh, splash, slosh around, slush around, slop, secrecy, secret, camera, confidentiality, illegal, unlawful, illicit, incommunicado, political, slushball
Translations
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noun half-melted snow
| Español | nieve fangosa, nieve a medio derretir, nieve semiderretida |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 雪泥 xuění |
| Português | lama de neve |
| Français | névasse, neige fondue, sloche |
| Deutsch | Schneematsch |
| Ελληνικά | λασπόχιονο laspóchiono |
| Română | zloată, fleșcăraie |
| Русский | снежура́ snežurá, шуга́ šugá, сля́коть sljákotʹ, снегова́я ка́ша snegovája káša, жи́жа žíža |
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title = {slush},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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