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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mush1 /mʌʃ or, esp. for 2-5. mʊʃ/USA pronunciation. n. [uncountable]- a thick mixture made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk.
- any thick, soft mass.
- anything lacking force, substance, or strength:His arguments are nothing but mush.
v. [~ + object] - to squeeze or crush;
crunch.
mush2 /mʌʃ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to go or travel, esp. over snow with a dog team and sled.
interj. - (used as an order to start or speed up a dog team):"Mush!'' she cried, and the team leaped ahead.
n. [countable] - a trip or journey, esp. across snow and ice with a dog team.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mush1 (mush or, esp. for 2–5, mŏŏsh),USA pronunciation n. - meal, esp. 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.
- any thick, soft mass.
- mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.
- anything unpleasantly or contemptibly lacking in coherence, force, dignity, etc.:His entire argument was simply mush.
v.t. - to squeeze or crush;
crunch:to mush all the candy together in a sticky ball.
- obscurely akin to mash1 1665–75, American.
- to go or travel, esp. over snow with a dog team and sled.
v.t. - to drive or spur on (sled dogs or a sled drawn by dogs).
interj. - go! (used as an order to start or speed up a dog team)
n. - a trip or journey, esp. across snow and ice with a dog team.
- Canadian French, French marchons! let's go!; see march1
- perh. origin, originally as phrasal verb, verbal mush on! 1895–1900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mush /mʌʃ/ n - a soft pulpy mass or consistency
- US a thick porridge made from corn meal
- informal cloying sentimentality
vb - (transitive) to reduce (a substance) to a soft pulpy mass
Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete moose porridge; probably related to mash; compare Old English mōs food mush /mʌʃ/ Canadian interj - an order to dogs in a sled team to start up or go faster
vb - to travel by or drive a dog sled
n - a journey with a dogsled
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from French marchez or marchons, imperatives of marcher to advance |