slushy

\ ˈslə-shē

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slushier; slushiest

Definition of slushy

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: being, involving, or resembling slush: such as

a : full of or covered with slush slushy streets

b : made up of or having the consistency of slush slushy snow

c : having a cheaply sentimental quality a slushy novel

slushy

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How to pronounce slushy (audio)

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variants: or slushie or less commonly slushee

plural slushies also slushees

Definition of slushy (Entry 2 of 2)

: a drink made of flavored ice crystals a lemon slushy For breakfast this morning she had a frozen strawberry slushie.— David Samuels When the Skowhegan Fair is over, everyone is dizzy from the rides, everyone has slushies smeared on their shirts, and everyone is very, very satisfied. — New England Monthly

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Examples of slushy in a Sentence

Adjective the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective But, roads will be slushy and slick in spots, so take it slow. — Dallas News, "First snowfall of the year in North Texas," 11 Jan. 2020 But some workers had no choice but to trudge through knee-high snow and brush off their cars before heading out on the slushy roads. — Washington Post, "Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East," 2 Dec. 2019 Snow was falling in a stretch from Madison to Green Bay and was arriving in southeast Wisconsin about 9:30 p.m. A few tenths of wet, slushy snow was expected to accumulate on roads within the first hour, the weather service reported. — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Winter weather advisory issued as Halloween snow moves toward southern Wisconsin; road crews ready," 30 Oct. 2019 Our crews are reporting some slushy conditions above 500 feet. — oregonlive, "Portland metro Friday traffic: Low elevation snowfall makes for slick streets," 18 Jan. 2020 Chitra Agrawal, a New York cookbook author and founder of the pickle company Brooklyn Delhi, remembers the ceramic jugs at her grandmother’s home in Bengaluru in southern India, which held lemons in a slushy saltwater brine. — Tejal Rao, New York Times, "India’s ‘Pickle Queen’ Preserves Everything, Including the Past," 6 Jan. 2020 The result is a slushy interchange of money and influence that favors the rich and well-connected while freezing out everyone else. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "John Roberts: Bemused Spectator of American Democracy," 3 Jan. 2020 About an inch of slushy accumulation was expected on the same day Chicago’s winter overnight parking ban begins. — Katherine Rosenberg-douglas, chicagotribune.com, "Hundreds of flights delayed, canceled as morning drizzle is expected to give way to afternoon snow, forecasters say," 1 Dec. 2019 They are forecasted to go above freezing Thursday and Friday, turning snow into a slushy mess. — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit's cold weather just broke a 108-year-old temperature record," 13 Nov. 2019

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“Slushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slushy. Accessed 19 Feb. 2020.

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