Definition of Slush

1. Noun. Partially melted snow.

Generic synonyms: H2o, Water
Derivative terms: Slushy

2. Verb. Make a splashing sound. "Water was splashing on the floor"
Exact synonyms: Slosh, Splash, Splosh
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Splash

3. Verb. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. "Slosh paint all over the walls"
Exact synonyms: Slosh, Slosh Around, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash

Definition of Slush

1. n. Soft mud.

2. v. t. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

Definition of Slush

1. Noun. Half-melted snow or ice ¹

2. Noun. Liquid mud or mire ¹

3. Noun. flavored shaved ice served as a drink ¹

4. Verb. To smear with slushy liquid or grease. ¹

5. Verb. To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance. ¹

6. Verb. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slush

1. to splash with slush (partly melted snow) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slush

slurried
slurrier
slurries
slurriest
slurrily
slurring
slurring speech
slurringly
slurry
slurrying
slurs
slurve
slurves
sluse
sluses
slush (current term)
slush around
slush fund
slush funds
slush pile
slush piles
slushball
slushbox
slushboxes
slushed
slushes
slushie
slushier
slushies

Literary usage of Slush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"The solid content of the slush will be referred to as solids. ... As a result, the slush problem was not acute because of the relatively small quantity and ..."

2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"drink this slush 1' ' Can't you drink it ?' ' I could if I had some other water to wash it with.' Here was a thing which had not changed ; a score of years ..."

3. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"To prepare this slush coat some of the mixed ready-for-use coating material ... Before the slush coating has dried, the first application of the regularly ..."

4. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"To prepare this slush coat some of the mixed ready-for-use coating material ... Before the slush coating has dried, the first application of the regularly ..."

5. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"To prepare this slush coat some of the mixed ready-for-use coating material ... Before the slush coating has dried, the first application of the regularly ..."

6. Dunne: Judge, Mayor, Governor by Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, William Larkin Sullivan (1916)
"The information which came to me—and which I believe to : absolutely true—was that the slush fund was not as small as ie $350.000 or ..."

7. Deep Well Drilling: The Principles and Practices of Deep Well Drilling, and by Walter Henry Jeffery (1921)
"Sometimes two boilers are used with rotary outfits, one to run the engine, the other to supply steam for the slush pumps, the Fig:. 128. ..."

8. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"FORMULA FOR SETTING slush. The formula is a very good one for chrome leather: 3 pints of German degras, 3 quarts of No. 2 finishing oil, i pound of hard ..."

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