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单词 mush
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mush

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noun (1)

ˈməsh How to pronounce mush (audio)
especially in sense 3 also
ˈmu̇sh How to pronounce mush (audio)
1
: a thick porridge made with cornmeal boiled in water or milk
2
: something soft and spongy or shapeless
3
a
: weak sentimentality : drivel
b
: mawkish amorousness

mush

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verb (1)

ˈməsh How to pronounce mush (audio)
mushed; mushing; mushes

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal : to reduce to a crumbly mass

intransitive verb

of an airplane : to fly in a partly or nearly stalled condition

mush

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verb (2)

ˈməsh How to pronounce mush (audio)
mushed; mushing; mushes

intransitive verb

: to travel especially over snow with a sled drawn by dogs
often used as a command to a dog team

mush

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noun (2)

ˈməsh How to pronounce mush (audio)
: a trip especially across snow with a dog team

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • corn
  • goo
  • schmaltz
  • schmalz
  • sludge
  • slush
  • soap opera
  • sorghum
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

probably alteration of mash

Verb (2)

probably from French marchons, 1st plural imperative of marcher to move, march, from Middle French marchier — more at march

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

circa 1781, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Verb (2)

1862, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1902, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

mush 1 of 2

noun

ˈməsh How to pronounce mush (audio)
1
: cornmeal boiled in water or milk
2
: something that is soft and wet and often shapeless
He cooked the vegetables till they were mush.

mush

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verb

mushed; mushing
: to travel across snow with a sled pulled by dogs

mush

noun

1
as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental an opera that is pure mush

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • corn
  • sludge
  • goo
  • rubbish
  • schmaltz
  • sorghum
  • schmalz
  • slush
  • tripe
  • soap opera
  • claptrap
  • drivel
2
as in sentimentalism
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion) couldn't stand all the mush in the movie's romantic scenes

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sentimentalism
  • sentimentality
  • mushiness
  • syrup
  • gooeyness
  • emotion
  • soppiness
  • bathos
  • sappiness
  • sirup
  • mawkishness
  • sloppiness
  • saccharinity
  • corn
  • sentiment
  • lovey-doveyness
  • schmaltz
  • schmalz
  • hokeyness
  • corniness
  • hokiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cynicism
  • hardheadedness
  • hard-heartedness
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