slush
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noun \ˈsləsh\Definition of SLUSH
1
a : partly melted or watery snow b : loose ice crystals formed during the early stages of freezing of salt water
2
: soft mud : mire
3
: refuse grease and fat from cooking especially on shipboard
4
: paper pulp in water suspension
5
: trashy and usually cheaply sentimental material
6
: unsolicited writings submitted (as to a magazine) for publication
See Examples of SLUSH
- a sidewalk covered with slush
- The movie is just a lot of romantic slush.
Origin of SLUSH
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slusk slush
First Known Use: 1641
Related to SLUSH
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, nonsense, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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verbDefinition of SLUSH
transitive verb : to wet or splash with slush
intransitive verb
1
: to make one's way through slush
2
: to make a splashing sound
First Known Use of SLUSH
1807
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