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mush

1

[ muhsh moosh ]

noun

  1. meal, especially cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying.
  2. any thick, soft mass.
  3. mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.
  4. anything unpleasantly or contemptibly lacking in coherence, force, dignity, etc.:

    His entire argument was simply mush.



verb (used with object)

  1. to squeeze or crush; compress:

    to mush all the candy together in a sticky ball.

    Synonyms: smush, mash

mush

2

[ muhsh ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go or travel, especially over snow with a dog team and sled.

verb (used with object)

  1. to drive or spur on (sled dogs or a sled drawn by dogs).

interjection

  1. go! (used as an order to start or speed up a dog team)

noun

  1. a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.

mush

1

/ mʌʃ /

interjection

  1. an order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go faster


verb

  1. to travel by or drive a dog sled
  2. intr to travel on foot, esp with snowshoes

noun

  1. a journey with a dogsled

mush

2

/ mʊʃ /

noun

  1. See face
    a slang word for face

mush

3

/ mʊʃ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a familiar or contemptuous term of address

mush

4

/ mʌʃ /

noun

  1. a soft pulpy mass or consistency
  2. a thick porridge made from corn meal
  3. informal.
    cloying sentimentality
  4. radio interference in reception, esp a hissing noise

verb

  1. tr to reduce (a substance) to a soft pulpy mass

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Derived Forms

  • ˈmusher, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mush1

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; obscurely related to mash 1

Origin of mush2

First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps originally as phrasal verb mush on!, from Canadian French, French marchons! “let's go!”; march 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mush1

C19: perhaps from French marchez or marchons, imperatives of marcher to advance

Origin of mush2

C19: from mush 1, alluding to the softness of the face

Origin of mush3

C19: probably from Gypsy moosh a man

Origin of mush4

C17: from obsolete moose porridge; probably related to mash ; compare Old English mōs food

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Example Sentences

The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.

First of all, no one says “mush” when they want the dogs to go.

Its topics are the predictable pop-culture bellwethers of the day, reheated into screechy mush.

He poured milk into the tea, and then poured the tea into the bowl on top of the cereal, turning it into a sweetened mush.

Surely this baby will eat the same fresh chicken and pea mush as his father, complete with a diamond-encrusted spoon.

Before sunrise I had a fire burning and the kettle of mush slung on a green sapling for further cooking.

Of course she had her own way, but I made her wait until we had cooked some corn to a mush and I had broiled the turkey.

Norah jumped up, and running home as fast as her young feet could carry her, took the dish of mush from her mother's hands.

But he never meddled at all; just slid the lid along as soft as mush, and screwed it down tight and fast.

To render the bread eatable they grated it, and made mush of it; but the crust they could not grate.

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