slush

noun \ ˈsləsh \

|Updated on: 26 Jul 2018

Examples: slush in a Sentence

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

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Examples of slush in a Sentence

a sidewalk covered with slush
The movie is just a lot of romantic slush.

Recent Examples of slush from the Web

The base of Sonic’s slush is sweet, turning off some purist pickle-juice fans who prefer the sour notes, says Scott Uehlein, Sonic’s vice president of product innovation and development.

— julie jargon, WSJ, "Done Hiding Their Shameful Secret, Pickle-Juice Drinkers Go Public," 28 June 2018
Lava is molten rock, or magma, that reaches the earth's surface in a slush of crystals and bubbles of volcanic gases.

— sophia yan and caleb jones, Fox News, "Scientists study lava for clues to how volcano will behave," 16 May 2018
Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:00 / 1:01 Watch hail pelt Natomas neighborhood Advertisement Hail blanketed Sacramento in an icy slush during a Feb. 26 storm.

— dale kasler and benjy egel, sacbee, "Rain, snow and hail pound Northern California at end of bone-dry February," 27 Feb. 2018
The winter snow came down in the form of slush, which melted quickly, or rain, which didn’t linger on the mountains.

— john fialka, Scientific American, "A Wyoming Reservation Shows the New Face of Drought," 6 June 2018
After a little slush-fund corruption scandal, a bit of political angling, and a no-confidence vote, the country’s parliament ousted Mariano Rajoy, the guy who had been prime minister and leader of the conservative Popular Party (P.P.) since 2011.

— kenzie bryant, Vanities, "Is the Hot Politician Evil?: A Parlor Game for Our Broken Era," 1 June 2018
That can make both sets of tires last longer, and protect costly finishes from salt and slush.

— mark phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Pothole damage? Choosing the right tire and wheel can protect you," 26 Apr. 2018
My right hand basically crumpled into my ribs and became slush.

— alexia fernandez, PEOPLE.com, "Keltie Knight Opens Up About Her 'Near Death Experience' After a Terrible Car Accident," 19 Apr. 2018
Nearly all of them had been picketing the plant’s nine entrances 24 hours a day, powering through snow squalls, huddling around burn barrels for warmth, trudging through slush puddles.

— ian frisch, Longreads, "The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care," 16 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of slush

perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slusk slush

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First Known Use: 1641

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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slush Synonyms

Synonyms

guck (or gook), mire, muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge;

Related Words

gumbo, silt;

clay, dirt, gravel, humus, loam, sand, soil;

slush

verb

Definition of slush

slushed; slushing; slushes

transitive verb

: to wet or splash with slush

intransitive verb

1 : to make one's way through slush

2 : to make a splashing sound

Recent Examples of slush from the Web

Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield.

— mike allen, Popular Mechanics, "Debunking 5 Cold-Weather Car Myths," 15 May 2018
As of midday, many streets in the Milwaukee area were still snow- and slushed-covered.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Drivers warned about hazardous road conditions as snow ends," 8 Feb. 2018
On a snowy cold day in South Philadelphia, Army and Navy slushed their way through an entertaining game with Army winning its second in a row in the annual series, 14-13.

— marc narducci, Philly.com, "Quick takes on Army's 14-13 win over Navy," 9 Dec. 2017
Rain and slush would make for a miserable day anywhere, but the weird weather patterns observed over the two-week period in 2016 painted a potentially worrisome picture for the future.

— aj willingham, CNN, "A huge part of Antarctica is melting and scientists say that's bad news," 19 June 2017