mush

1 any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn: pulp]

2 cornmeal boiled in water [syn: cornmeal mush]

3 an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental [syn: treacle]

4 a journey by dogsled

1 drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

2 travel with a dogsled

English

Pronunciation

• , /mʌʃ/, /mVS/
• ,

  Rhymes with: -ʊʃ, Rhymes with: -ʌʃ

Etymology 1

Probably a variant of mash.

Noun

1. A mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.

   Mom said to add the potatoes to the mush.

Verb

1. To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.

   He mushed the ingredients together.

Related terms

• mushy

See also

• mash
• moosh

Etymology 2

From mush, from murš, from |.

References

• Take Our Word for It Issue 101, accessed on 2005-05-09

Noun

1. In the context of "UK|primarily Southern England|slang": you

   • "'Oy, mush! Get out of it!'That's what we'd sayBarging the localsOut of the way"— MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME, Peculiar Poems, http://www.jclamb.com/
   • "When I'm around it's not uncommon for someone to call me and say :'Oy mush, get your bum over here and give us a hand.'" — THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: In Which King Arthur Uther Pendragon Grants An Interview http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html

Translations

Etymology 3

Simple contraction of mushroom.

Noun

1. In the context of "Quebecois English|slang": magic mushrooms

Synonyms

• shroom qualifier slang

Translations

Etymology 4

From muos and mus or muss, or any thick preparation of fruit.

Noun

1. A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
2. (Rural USA) cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.

Translations

Etymology 5

Believed to be a contraction of mush on, in turn a corruption of marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.

Interjection

1. A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.

   When the lone cowboy saw the indians, he yelled mush, cha, giddyup!

Translations

Noun

1. A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

Verb

1. To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

Etymology 6

Noun

1. In the context of "UK|primarily Northern England|slang": The face

   • "My ugly mush finally found its way onto the www, but not in the manner to which I deserved." — http://owlfarm.pmgr.net/aspen/hst16.htm
   • 2002:"I grew my face fungus to cover up an ugly mush." — http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=809
   • "and your bird has an ugly mush" — http://b3ta.com/board/archive/21323/

Synonyms

• mug

Translations

Angloromani

Noun

1. man

Mush may refer to:

• Mush (cornmeal), a kind of corn pudding or porridge
• Mush, slang meaning man or face (IPA: mʊʃ, as in 'push') .
• Mushing, a sport or transport method powered by dogs or a command to a dog team
• Muş Province, in eastern Turkey
• Muş, the provincial capital of Muş Province
• Mush, a 1992 album by the band Leatherface
• Mush Records, a Los Angeles-based independent record label
• Mush, a nickname for Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
• Mail User's Shell, a Unix mail user agent
• MUSH, a text-based online social medium

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