[mush] n [prob. alter. of mash] (1671) 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
[2]mush vt (ca. 1781) chiefly dial: to reduce to a crumbly mass ~ vi, of an airplane: to fly in a partly or nearly stalled condition -- mush.er n [3]mush vi [prob. fr. F marchons, 1st pl. imper. of marcher to move, march, fr. MF marchier--more at march] (1897): to travel esp. over snow with a sled drawn by dogs--often used as a command to a dog team -- mush.er n [4]mush n (1902): a trip esp. across snow with a dog team