lush

verb

lushed; lushing; lushes

transitive verb

1

slang : to consume (alcohol)

I left the clinic, went to a restaurant, and began lushing beer …

—Norma McCorvey

—often used with up

… lushing up Prohibition gin …

—Lawrence Lipton

'Tis the season for spiked eggnog. … But what if you never touch alcohol or need a break from lushing it up?

—Sheila Livadas

2

slang : to ply (someone) with alcohol

—often used with up

He found them in Fleet Market, and lushed them up with gin.

—Patrick Pringle

intransitive verb

: to consume alcohol : drink sense 2

—often used with up

I've been lushing up here and there, which is bad for the intestine and doesn't help the soul much either …

—John Clellon Holmes, quoted in Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation

Synonyms of lush

• liquor (up)
• drink

Examples of lush in a Sentence

frat boys lushing up on beer during freshman rush

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for lush

• blush
• brush
• crush
• flush
• gush
• hush
• mush
• plush
• shush
• slush
• thrush
• airbrush

Kids Definition

lush

adjective

ˈləsh

1

: being juicy and fresh

lush grass

2

: covered with thick healthy growth

lush pastures

lushly adverb

lushness noun