mush

Meaning

Noun

1. A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
2. A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
3. The foam of a breaker.
4. A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
5. A gun.

Verb

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

Intj

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

Verb

1. To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
2. To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mʌʃ/

Etymology

Probably a variant of mash, or from a dialectal variant of Middle English mos (“mush, pulp, porridge”); compare Middle English appelmos (“applesauce”), from Old English mōs (“food, victuals, porridge, mush”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”).
Cognate with Scots moosh (“mush”), Dutch moes (“pulp, mush, porridge”), German Mus (“jam, puree, mush”), Swedish mos (“pulp, mash, mush”). See also moose.