slush

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English

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Etymology

Most likely imitative; related to slosh.

Pronunciation

Noun

slush (usually uncountable, plural slushes)

  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.
  4. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
  5. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
  6. (engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
  7. (publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

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Verb

slush (third-person singular simple present slushes, present participle slushing, simple past and past participle slushed)

  1. To smear with slushy liquid or grease.
    • 2008 July 9, Donald G. Mcneil, “Restless Pioneers, Seeding Brooklyn”, in New York Times:
      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.
    • 1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler:
      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.
    • 1994 March 4, Dave Wiethop, Sandi Abadinski, “Reader to Reader”, in Chicago Reader:
      Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow.
    • 1919, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise:
      A belated freshman, his oilskin slicker rasping loudly, slushed along the soft path.
    • 1918, Randall Parrish, Wolves of the Sea:
      The deck below me was littered with chests, sea boots, and odds and ends of clothing, while farther aft considerable water had found entrance through the scuttle hole, and was slushing back and forth as the bark rolled.
    • 1907, Nicholas Carter, A Woman at Bay:
      They climbed over fallen and moss-grown logs; they slushed through shallow water; they crawled on their hands and knees under embankments and rocks, and at last, at Handsome's order, they stepped into a boat of some kind which the latter pushed away from the bank with a pole.
    • 1888, Wilfrid Chateauclair, The Young Seigneur:
      But as the boat stuck in the bottom and refused to stir, he suddenly dropped his hold, and with an "Avance done!" gallantly slushed his way into the water alongside, in his Sunday trousers, lifted the gunwale and started her afloat, amidst a shower of final "Au revoirs," and the rose chaloupe moved with noiseless smoothness down the current.
    • 1867, Frank Jardine, Alexander Jardine, The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine:
      The creek at last crossed, the party attempted to push forward on the other side, but after travelling a mile leading the horses, slushing through bog and swamp under a heavy rain, they were obliged to turn back and encamp on some high ground on the banks of the creek, about half-a-mile above the crossing, where there was a little good grass.
  3. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English slush.

Pronunciation

Noun

slush

  1. slush (icy drink)

Declension

Inflection of slush (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative slush slushit
genitive slushin slushien
partitive slushia slusheja
illative slushiin slusheihin
singular plural
nominative slush slushit
accusative nom. slush slushit
gen. slushin
genitive slushin slushien
partitive slushia slusheja
inessive slushissa slusheissa
elative slushista slusheista
illative slushiin slusheihin
adessive slushilla slusheilla
ablative slushilta slusheilta
allative slushille slusheille
essive slushina slusheina
translative slushiksi slusheiksi
abessive slushitta slusheitta
instructive slushein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of slush (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative slushini slushini
accusative nom. slushini slushini
gen. slushini
genitive slushini slushieni
partitive slushiani slushejani
inessive slushissani slusheissani
elative slushistani slusheistani
illative slushiini slusheihini
adessive slushillani slusheillani
ablative slushiltani slusheiltani
allative slushilleni slusheilleni
essive slushinani slusheinani
translative slushikseni slusheikseni
abessive slushittani slusheittani
instructive
comitative slusheineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative slushisi slushisi
accusative nom. slushisi slushisi
gen. slushisi
genitive slushisi slushiesi
partitive slushiasi slushejasi
inessive slushissasi slusheissasi
elative slushistasi slusheistasi
illative slushiisi slusheihisi
adessive slushillasi slusheillasi
ablative slushiltasi slusheiltasi
allative slushillesi slusheillesi
essive slushinasi slusheinasi
translative slushiksesi slusheiksesi
abessive slushittasi slusheittasi
instructive
comitative slusheinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative slushimme slushimme
accusative nom. slushimme slushimme
gen. slushimme
genitive slushimme slushiemme
partitive slushiamme slushejamme
inessive slushissamme slusheissamme
elative slushistamme slusheistamme
illative slushiimme slusheihimme
adessive slushillamme slusheillamme
ablative slushiltamme slusheiltamme
allative slushillemme slusheillemme
essive slushinamme slusheinamme
translative slushiksemme slusheiksemme
abessive slushittamme slusheittamme
instructive
comitative slusheinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative slushinne slushinne
accusative nom. slushinne slushinne
gen. slushinne
genitive slushinne slushienne
partitive slushianne slushejanne
inessive slushissanne slusheissanne
elative slushistanne slusheistanne
illative slushiinne slusheihinne
adessive slushillanne slusheillanne
ablative slushiltanne slusheiltanne
allative slushillenne slusheillenne
essive slushinanne slusheinanne
translative slushiksenne slusheiksenne
abessive slushittanne slusheittanne
instructive
comitative slusheinenne

Synonyms

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English slush

Pronunciation

Noun

slush f (uncountable)

  1. (CA) slush (half-melted snow or ice)
    Synonym: névasse
  2. (CA) slush (icy drink)