slush
21slush — [[t]slʌ̱ʃ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Slush is snow that has begun to melt and is therefore very wet and dirty. Becker s eyes were as cold and grey as the slush on the pavements outside. 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe a love story as slush, you …
22slush — [17] Like the very similar (and perhaps ultimately identical) slosh [19] and sludge [17], slush probably originated in imitation of the sound of squelching or splashing. The similarity of early modern Danish slus ‘sleet, mud’ and Norwegian slusk… …
23slush — bribery Originally, a mixture of grease and oil and still so used of waste cooking fat aboard ship, which used to (or may still) be sold to create a slush fund, to be shared among the favoured few. For landlubbers the phrase means only cash …
24slush — noun 1 (U) partly melted snow 2 (U) informal feelings or stories that seem silly because they are too concerned with love and romantic subjects: And don t give us that slush about your children just to make us feel sorry for you! 3 (C, U)… …
25slush — UK [slʌʃ] / US noun Word forms slush : singular slush plural slushes 1) [uncountable] snow that is starting to melt (= become water) and become dirty 2) [uncountable] informal romantic words, stories, or actions that you think are silly 3)… …
26slush — /slʌʃ / (say slush) noun 1. snow in a partly melted state. 2. liquid mud; watery mire. 3. fat, grease, etc. discarded from the galley of a ship. 4. Colloquial silly, sentimental, or weakly emotional writing, talk, etc. –verb (t) 5. to splash with …
27slush — noun /slʌʃ/ a) Half melted snow As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste. b) Liquid mud or mire …
28slush — See sludge, slush …
29slush — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, bathos, big mouth, bleeding heart, blizzard, candor, clay, cloyingness, communicativeness, conversableness, crystal, driven snow, effusion, effusiveness, flake, flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent …
30slush — slʌʃ n. watery mud; partially melted snow; overly sentimental speech or writing, drivel v. splash with partially melted snow or mud; walk through slush; make wet splashing sounds; fill with mortar …
