I. ˈsləsh noun
( -es )
Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slusk slop, slush, Swedish slask wet, slushy weather
1.
a. : partly melted snow : watery snow
b. : a substance resembling melted snow (as a mixture of solid carbon dioxide and acetone)
c. : incoherent ice crystals formed during the early stages of freezing of salt water (as in the Arctic ocean)
2.
a. : soft mud : mire
the water was dirty with the slush brought to the surface by the trampling — F.D.Davison
b. : liquid mud used in well drilling
c. : grout made of portland cement, sand, and water
3. : refuse grease and fat from cooking especially on shipboard
4.
a. : a soft mixture of grease or oil and other materials for protecting the surface of metal parts against corrosion ; especially : a mixture of white lead and lime for painting the bright parts of machines (as the connecting rods of steamboats) to preserve them from oxidation
b. : liquid enamel applied as a ground coat on metalware
5. : slush pulp
6. : trashy and usually cheaply sentimental material (as in a book, newspaper, or film) : rubbish , drivel , mush
syndicated slush
the dramatic slush known as soap operas — G.S.Perry
7. dialect England : a sloppy person : sloven
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
transitive verb
1. : to wet, splash, or soil with slush
we were quite slushed in the mire — R.T.Wilson
2.
a. : to cover with a protective coating of paint or lubricating slush
masts slushed with linseed — W.P.Moore
bearings … slushed with two coatings of pure petrolatum — Packing & Shipping
b. : to apply a finishing material to roughly (as by dipping, spraying, or brushing)
3. : to wash (as a deck) roughly or noisily : sluice
waiting … for the bo'sun to come aloft to slush the deck — Herman Smith
4. : to fill in (as the joints of a wall or of a block pavement) with slush or grout — often used with in or up
slush in well all the joints between the tile and brickwork — J.E.Ray
5.
a. : to fill (old mine workings) hydraulically with fine waste material
b. : to transport (as ore or rock) in a scraper that is usually drawn by a hoist and cable
6.
a. : to pump (wet pulp) in paper manufacturing
b. : to extract surplus liquid from (pulp)
intransitive verb
1. : to make one's way through slush : slosh , wade
slushed through the mire doggedly — Century Magazine
slushed through waist-deep water — L.M.Uris
2. : to make a splashing sound
shoes slushing in the mud — Shirley A. Grau
the filthy gutter slushes — R.L.Stevenson
III. noun
( -es )
: a sound of or as if of slushing through soft mud or snow
IV. noun
1. : a partially frozen soft drink
2. : unsolicited material submitted to a publisher