slush

UK /slʌʃ/ US /slʌʃ/
noun 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.

2

Liquid mud or mire.

3

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).

4

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

5

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

verb

1

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.

The ungrateful “they” are Brooklynites who’ve come to see Harding-Mamary creations as a chain, where you can get it venti in a ramekin with crème fraîche or slushed with guava and salt on the rim.

2

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

The water was soon slushing merrily over the deck, while the smoke pouring from the cabin stove carried a promise of good things to come.

Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow.

3

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

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