slush meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

slush

noun

/slʌʃ/

Etymology May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.

7 senses

Usually 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.

Usually Liquid mud or mire.

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

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

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

Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.

Media, Publishing Usually Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Synonyms: slush ice, slushy, slushie, slurpee, Slurpee, slush puppy, Slush Puppie
Derived terms: slushball, slushbreaker, slush-cast, slushee, slushflow, slush fund, slushie, slushpile, Slush Puppy, slush puppy, slushy

verb

Etymology May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.

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.2008 July 9, Donald G. Mcneil, “Restless Pioneers, Seeding Brooklyn”, in New York Times:

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.1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler:
Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow.1994 March 4, Dave Wiethop, Sandi Abadinski, “Reader to Reader”, in Chicago Reader:

4 more examples

A belated freshman, his oilskin slicker rasping loudly, slushed along the soft path.1919, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise:
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.1918, Randall Parrish, Wolves of the Sea:
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.1907, Nicholas Carter, A Woman at Bay:
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.1888, Wilfrid Chateauclair, The Young Seigneur:

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.