slush

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noun

ˈsləsh

plural slushes

: partly melted or watery snow

: loose ice crystals formed during the early stages of freezing of salt water

: slushy

Cut watermelon into small chunks and freeze, then blend frozen fruit and buttermilk to make a cooling fruit slush.

Sunset Magazine

: soft mud : mire

: refuse grease and fat from cooking especially on shipboard

: paper pulp in water suspension

: trashy and usually cheaply sentimental material

: unsolicited writings submitted (as to a magazine) for publication

slush

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verb

slushed; slushing; slushes

transitive verb

: to wet or splash with slush

intransitive verb

: to make one's way through slush

: to make a splashing sound

Example Sentences

Noun a sidewalk covered with slush The movie is just a lot of romantic slush.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Next week looks chilly with a few inches of slush for northern Minnesota.

Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021 The dreamy slush and ice cream mashup won't stay on the menu indefinitely — it's slated to be available through July 31.

Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022 Plus, Sonic says the slush, first introduced in 2018, is one of its most requested menu items.

Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022 The patterned design on this winter tire is meant to help drain slush more effectively than its all-season counterparts and provide precision steering regardless of the weather and road conditions.

Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022 Plus, with the onslaught of more rain and snow as fall settles in, mud and slush are nearly impossible to avoid.

Sarah Crow, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022 Amid the cider and donut operations, Markillie Orchard also sells jams, jellies, salsa and soft serve ice cream, and a cider slush.

Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022 Indeed, just detailing such crimes would risk dissolving the victims in slush pools of suffering.

Ron Charles, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Oregon, Ohio Started in 1991 with a half-acre of pumpkins, this family farm now features several mazes, a snack shop featuring hot donuts and cold cider slush, and a huge assortment of pumpkins.

Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 19 Aug. 2022

Verb

So one misstep can turn a team’s championship dreams to slush.

Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022 Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports.

cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022 Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry.

Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 1 July 2019 Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story.

New York Times, 15 May 2021 Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.

Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020 When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.

Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020 Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up.

Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2020 Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield.

Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2018 See More

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