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noun
1.
partly melted snow.
2.
liquid mud; watery mire.
3.
waste, as fat, grease, or other refuse, from the galley of a ship.
4.
a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating.
5.
EXPANDsilly, sentimental, or weakly emotional talk or writing: romantic slush.
verb (used with object)
7.
to splash with slush.
8.
to grease, polish, or cover with slush.
9.
to fill or cover with mortar or cement.
10.
to wash with a large quantity of water, as by dashing it on.
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Slushing
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1635–45; apparently cognate with Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops
1635–45; apparently cognate with Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops
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Word Origin & History
slush
1641, perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. and Sw. slask "slushy ground;" obs. Dan. slus "sleet"), all probably imitative of the sound of sloshing. Slush fund is first attested 1839, from an earlier sense of slush "refuse fat" (1756); the money from the sale of a ship's slush was distributed among
EXPANDthe officers, which was the original sense of the phrase. The extended meaning "money collected for bribes and to buy influence" is first recorded 1874, no doubt with suggestions of "greasing" palms.
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