MUSH

mush

(noun) a journey by dogsled

treacle, mush, slop, glop

(noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

mush, cornmeal mush

(noun) cornmeal boiled in water

pulp, mush

(noun) any soft or soggy mass; “he pounded it to a pulp”

dogsled, mush

(verb) travel with a dogsled

mush

(verb) drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology 1

Noun

mush (countable and uncountable, plural mushes)

A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.

(radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.

(surfing) The foam of a breaker.

A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.

Verb

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.

Etymology 2

Noun

mush (uncountable)

A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.

(rural US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.

Etymology 3

Interjection

mush

A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.

Noun

mush (plural mushes)

A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

Verb

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

(intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

(transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.

Etymology 4

Noun

mush (plural mushes)

(Quebec, slang) A magic mushroom.

Synonyms

• shroom (slang)

Etymology 5

Noun

mush (plural mushes)

(British, slang, primarily, Southern England) A form of address to a man.

Synonyms: mate (UK), pal (especially US)

(British, slang, primarily, Northern England, Australian) The face.

Synonym: mug

Etymology 6

Verb

mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)

(transitive) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.

Anagrams

• Shum, hums

Etymology

Noun

MUSH (plural MUSHes)

A form of multi-user dungeon, often used for online social intercourse and role-playing games.

Anagrams

• Shum, hums

Etymology

Proper noun

Mush

A historically Armenian city in the Turuberan province of Greater Armenia, now in eastern Turkey.

A province of Turkey.

Anagrams

• Shum, hums

Source: Wiktionary

---

Mush, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. mos food, and prob, to E. meat. See Meat.]

Definition: Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. [U.S.]

Mush, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.]

Definition: To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---