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slush

slush
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sluhsh]
    • /slʌʃ/
    • /slʌʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sluhsh]
    • /slʌʃ/

Definitions of slush word

  • noun slush partly melted snow. 1
  • noun slush liquid mud; watery mire. 1
  • noun slush waste, as fat, grease, or other refuse, from the galley of a ship. 1
  • noun slush a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating. 1
  • noun slush silly, sentimental, or weakly emotional talk or writing: romantic slush. 1
  • noun slush slush pile. 1

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Origin of slush

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; apparently cognate with Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Slush

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

slush popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

slush usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for slush

verb slush

  • begrime — to make dirty; soil
  • bemire — to soil with or as if with mire
  • mucking — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.

adj slush

  • cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
  • maudlin — tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.

noun slush

  • feculence — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
  • filth — offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
  • foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
  • glop — unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
  • glops — unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.

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