Mush

Mush
Mush Mush, n. [Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. m[=o]s food, and prob, to E. meat. See {Meat}.] Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • mush — mush1 [mush] n. [prob. var. of MASH] 1. a thick porridge made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk 2. any thick, soft, yielding mass 3. Informal maudlin sentimentality vt. [Dial., Chiefly Brit.] to make into mush; crush mush2 [mush] …   English World dictionary

  • Mush — Mush, n. [Perh. short for mush on, a corrupt of E. marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.] A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; also used attributively. [Colloq.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mush|y — «MUHSH ee», adjective, mush|i|er, mush|i|est. 1. like mush; pulpy: »Buck s feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud (Jack London) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mush — Mush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mushing}.] To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. v. t. To cause to travel or journey. [Rare] [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mush — Mush, v. t. [Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.] To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mush — con hígado de pollo. El mush (a veces coosh) es un pudin espeso (o gachas) de maicena normalmente hecho con agua o leche. A menudo se fríe tras cortarse en cuadrado o rectángulos planos. Se usa comúnmente en el este y sur de los Estados Unidos.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • mush — ► NOUN 1) a soft, wet, pulpy mass. 2) cloying sentimentality. ► VERB ▪ reduce to mush. ORIGIN apparently a variant of MASH(Cf. ↑mash) …   English terms dictionary

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