2. Verb. (transitive) to mash; or push; especially to push down or in; compress ¹
3. Verb. (slang New York US) To engage in intimate contact, especially sexual relations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smush
1. to smoosh [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: smoosh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smush
| smuons smur smurf smurfed smurfier smurfiest smurfing smurfs smurfy smurred | smurrier smurriest smurring smurry smurs smushed smushes smushing smushy smut fungus | smutch smutched smutches smutchier smutchiest smutchin smutching |
Literary usage of Smush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"smush, a.lj. Z. Boyd. This may either signify filthy, Germ. ... To smush, ra To
bruise; to grind to powder, Roxb.; synon. Snath, q. т. smush, i. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"smush [smush], adj. spruce. "Yd looken despert sma-sh i' yur yew ... smush [smush],
t'.rt. to mash, break or squeeze into pieces. ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To smush, va To devour any thing clandestinely, which has been taken by stealth,
or come by in an improper manner, Roxb. " He seeth him gaping for lyfe lyke ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"E. smush, to smoulder, Craven smush, dust, powder. Smother is itself provincially
used in the sense of smear or daub.—Hal. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"smush, adj. smart, well-dressed. SMUT, sb. corn turned black in a field The smuts
are the ' deaf ears ' of wheat which do not arrive at mati and turn black. ..."
6. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"What's up this mornin'—thae'rt as smush as if it lMl- Sunday. SNAFFLE, v. to speak
through the nose. Cf. Du. snave/, a he muzzle ; whence E. snaffle-bit. ..."
7. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Also to smoulder as a fire of field weeds does. See smush. ... 72- smush, to burn
without flame or any appearance of fire except smoke.—Hodgson MS. ..."
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