slush

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
2. (uncountable, usually) Liquid mud or mire.
3. (uncountable, usually) Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
4. (uncountable, usually) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
5. (uncountable, usually) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
6. (uncountable, usually) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
7. (uncountable, usually) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Verb

1. To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
2. To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
3. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Synonyms

mud

mire

sludge

slosh

ooze

slop

slime

grease

slush around

splash

silt

splosh

soft mud

slosh around

slurry

snow

❄️

splat

suet

swash

tallow

waste oil

ice slush

impassability of road

scavenge oil

mud accumulation

slush ice

ice scum

crud

mud silting

dregs

fat

jumble

lees

loam

mess

mush

plash

quagmire

refuse

sediment

sleet

slop oil

Translations

Schneematsch

fango

lodo

gadoue

Matsch

barro

Schlamm

fango

boue

nieve fangosa

neve bagnata

modder

slijk

Faulschnee

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slʌʃ/

Etymology

Most likely imitative; related to slosh.