1
: a thick porridge made with cornmeal boiled in water or milk
2
: something soft and spongy or shapeless
3
a
: weak sentimentality : drivel
b
: mawkish amorousness
mushed; mushing; mushes
chiefly dialectal
: to reduce to a crumbly mass
of an airplane
: to fly in a partly or nearly stalled condition
mushed; mushing; mushes
: to travel especially over snow with a sled drawn by dogs
—often used as a command to a dog team
Synonyms
Examples of mush in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an opera that is pure mush
couldn't stand all the mush in the movie's romantic scenes
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Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
When everything feels like an undifferentiated mush of new money and invites to all the same parties (looking at you, Miami), there’s less opportunity for a series to stand out.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
The leather palm provided superior grip while mushing.
—Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
There was no resistance, no structure, no bite, just an undifferentiated mush.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
When everything feels like an undifferentiated mush of new money and invites to all the same parties (looking at you, Miami), there’s less opportunity for a series to stand out.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
Nordic Husky Farm Who hasn’t dreamed of mushing through the snow with a pack of sled dogs?
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
The leather palm provided superior grip while mushing.
—Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mush. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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mush
1 of 3 noun1
: cornmeal boiled in water or milk
2
: something soft and spongy or shapeless
3
: sickeningly sweet sentimentality
mushily
adverb
-ə-lē
mushy
adjective
-ē
mush
2 of 3 verb
: to travel over snow with a sled drawn by dogs
—often used as a command to a dog team
musher
noun
mush
3 of 3 noun
: a trip across snow with a dog team
Etymology
Noun
probably an altered form of mash
Verb
probably from French marchons "let's move," from marcher "to move, march"
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