SLUSH

slush

(noun) partially melted snow

slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around

(verb) spill or splash copiously or clumsily; “slosh paint all over the walls”

splash, splosh, slosh, slush

(verb) make a splashing sound; “water was splashing on the floor”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

slush (usually uncountable, plural slushes)

Half-melted snow or ice.

Liquid mud or mire.

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

(engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.

(publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Synonyms

• (snow): slush ice

• (flavored shaved ice served as a drink): slushy, slushie, slurpee, Slurpee, slush puppy, Slush Puppie

Verb

slush (third-person singular simple present slushes, present participle slushing, simple past and past participle slushed)

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.

To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Anagrams

• shuls

Source: Wiktionary

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Slush, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also slosh.]

1. Soft mud.

2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

5. (Mach.)

Definition: A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

Slush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing.]

1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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