slush

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /slʌʃ/

Etymology: May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
“As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.”
Liquid mud or mire.
Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Etymology: May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
“The ungrateful “they” are Brooklynites who’ve come to see Harding-Mamary creations as a chain, where you can get it venti in a ramekin with crème fraîche or slushed with guava and salt on the rim.”
To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
“The water was soon slushing merrily over the deck, while the smoke pouring from the cabin stove carried a promise of good things to come.”
“Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow.”
To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.