slush

¹slush

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

Examples of SLUSH

1. a sidewalk covered with slush
2. 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

Related Words: absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus

Near Antonyms: levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

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Rhymes with SLUSH

blush, brush, crush, Cush, flush, gush, hush, lush, mush, plush, rush, shush, thrush, tush