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[ sluhsh ] / slʌʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slush ON THESAURUS.COM
nounpartly melted snow. liquid mud; watery mire. waste, as fat, grease, or other refuse, from the galley of a ship. a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating. silly, sentimental, or weakly emotional talk or writing: romantic slush. slush pile. verb (used with object)to splash with slush. to grease, polish, or cover with slush. to fill or cover with mortar or cement. to wash with a large quantity of water, as by dashing it on. Origin of slush1635–45; apparently cognate with Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops Words nearby slushslur, slurb, slurp, slurry, slurve, slush, slush fund, slush pile, slushy, slut, slutch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slushAnd it became a slush fund for those beloved social programs. Why Hugo Chavez Was Bad for Venezuela|Megan McArdle|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST A Buddhist priest walks knee deep in slush among buildings that have uprooted like trees. This Week’s Hot Reads: February 11, 2013|Nicholas Mancusi|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Congress felt that they were being used as slush funds to allow senior management to loot the firm. Big Losses, Bigger Paychecks|Megan McArdle|November 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST I needed to write a book, which would leap out from the slush pile. Sisterly Love|Daily Beast Promotions|June 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
An intern had fished it out of the slush pile and handed it to Linville. The Virgin Suicides' Sweet 16|Nadine Rubin|July 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST Such an one might have spilt all the slush in the ship, without getting so much as a cuff. Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger|John Masefield Striking a match and lighting a slush lamp which he had devised, Stane looked round. A Mating in the Wilds|Ottwell Binns No rest, no cosy fireside nook: still the bitter wind, and the half-frozen slime and slush rising above the ankle. The Toilers of the Field|Richard Jefferies And the "slush" snows meant spring—and the emptying of the wilderness of human life. Kazan|James Oliver Curwood From time to time mounted orderlies sped to the front, covering them with slush. The King in Yellow|Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for slush
nounany watery muddy substance, esp melting snow informal sloppily sentimental language nautical waste fat from the galley of a ship verb(intr often foll by along) to make one's way through or as if through slush (intr) to make a slushing sound Word Origin for slushC17: related to Danish slus sleet, Norwegian slusk slops; see sludge, slosh Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slushmud, slosh, mire, snow, ice, sluice, drivel, sludge, slop, pulp, drenching |