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Definition mush
Etymology 1
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 m?s (“food, victuals, porridge, mush”), from Proto-Germanic *m?s? (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?d- (“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.
Noun
mush (countable and uncountable, plural mushes)
- A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
- (radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
- (surfing) The foam of a breaker.
- A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
Verb
mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)
- To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
Etymology 2
From Old High German muos and Goidelic mus (“a pap”) or muss (“a porridge”), or any thick preparation of fruit.
Noun
mush (uncountable)
- A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
- (rural US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
Etymology 3
Believed to be a contraction of mush on, from Michif, in turn a corruption of French marchons! and marche!, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.
Interjection
mush
- A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.
Noun
mush (plural mushes)
Verb
mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)
- (intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
- (transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
Etymology 4
Simple contraction of mushroom.
Noun
mush (plural mushes)
- (Quebec, slang) A magic mushroom.
Etymology 5
From Angloromani mush (“man”), from Romani mursh, from Sanskrit ?????? (manu?ya, “human being, man”).
Noun
mush (plural mushes)
- (Britain, slang, chiefly Southern England) A form of address to a man.
- (Britain, slang, chiefly Northern England, Australia) The face.
Etymology 6
Compare French moucheter (“to cut with small cuts”).
Verb
mush (third-person singular simple present mushes, present participle mushing, simple past and past participle mushed)
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