slushy

slush  (slsh)

n.

1. Partially melted snow or ice.

2. Soft mud; slop; mire.

3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley.

4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery.

5. Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel.

6. A drink made of flavored syrup poured over crushed ice.

7. Informal Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.

v. slushed, slush·ing, slush·es

v.tr.

1. To daub (machinery) with slush.

2. To fill (joints in masonry) with mortar.

3. Nautical To wash down (a deck) by splashing with water.

4. To splash or soak with slush or mud.

v.intr.

1. To walk or proceed through slush.

2. To make a splashing or slushy sound.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slask, sloppy weather.]

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slushy adj.

slushi·ly adv.

slushi·ness n.

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slushy [ˈslʌʃɪ]

adj slushier, slushiest

of, resembling, or consisting of slush

n pl slushies

(Cookery) an unskilled kitchen assistant

slushiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	slushy - being or resembling melting snow; "slushy snow"; "deep slushy mud" unfrozen - not frozen; "unfrozen ground"
	2.	slushy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

Translations

slushy [slʌʃɪ] ADJ (slushier (compar) (slushiest (superl)))

1. [snow] → medio derretido

2. [poetry etc] → sentimentaloide, sensiblero

slushy [ˈslʌʃi] adj

[snow] → fondu(e)

[street] → couvert(e) de neige fondue

(British) (= sentimental) → à l'eau de rose

slushy

adj (+er) snow → matschig; mud, path also → morastig; (inf: = sentimental) → kitschig

slushy [ˈslʌʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (snow) → sciolto/a, fangoso/a (fam) (Brit) (poetry) → sdolcinato/a

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slushy [ˈslʌʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (snow) → sciolto/a, fangoso/a (fam) (Brit) (poetry) → sdolcinato/a