plural slushes
1
a
: partly melted or watery snow
b
: loose ice crystals formed during the early stages of freezing of salt water
c
: slushy
Cut watermelon into small chunks and freeze, then blend frozen fruit and buttermilk to make a cooling fruit slush.—
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: 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
slushed; slushing; slushes
: to wet or splash with slush
Synonyms
Noun
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
Examples of slush in a Sentence
Noun
a sidewalk covered with slush
The movie is just a lot of romantic slush.
Recent Examples on the WebAngel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Despite the February slush outside, bouquets of orange ranunculus adorned the tables.
—Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
Horses pulling coal wagons struggled and slipped in the slush and ice.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
The menu offers a variety of lemonades, teas, coffees and slushes.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
The lack of snow has made usually pristine snowmobile trails into a mixture of slush and occasional open water.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
In areas around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, roads are covered in snow, slush and ice.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Including classic sippers like bourbon sweet tea, bourbon-spiked Arnold Palmers, and refined mint juleps for Derby Day—plus, spritzes and adult slushes that are too tasty to resist!—this list can make a bourbon expert out of any home bartender.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
New York City's emergency management agency said standing water and slush that could refreeze overnight would pose a danger of patchy ice on the ground on Saturday, and urged commuters to be careful on the roads and sidewalks.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports.
—cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry.
—Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 1 July 2019
Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story.
—New York Times, 15 May 2021
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.
—Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.
—Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up.
—Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2020
Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2018
Noun
Blue and yellow walls decorate the establishment where customers lined up to try specialty teas, cold coffee and other menu items like sour cherry energy slush, tropical spiceade and s’mores cold brew.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Despite the February slush outside, bouquets of orange ranunculus adorned the tables.
—Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
Horses pulling coal wagons struggled and slipped in the slush and ice.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
The menu offers a variety of lemonades, teas, coffees and slushes.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
The lack of snow has made usually pristine snowmobile trails into a mixture of slush and occasional open water.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
In areas around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, roads are covered in snow, slush and ice.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
Including classic sippers like bourbon sweet tea, bourbon-spiked Arnold Palmers, and refined mint juleps for Derby Day—plus, spritzes and adult slushes that are too tasty to resist!—this list can make a bourbon expert out of any home bartender.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
New York City's emergency management agency said standing water and slush that could refreeze overnight would pose a danger of patchy ice on the ground on Saturday, and urged commuters to be careful on the roads and sidewalks.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
Verb
So one misstep can turn a team’s championship dreams to slush.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports.
—cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry.
—Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 1 July 2019
Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story.
—New York Times, 15 May 2021
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.
—Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.
—Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up.
—Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2020
Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2018
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