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mush1 definition

mush (mus̸h)

noun

  1. a thick porridge made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk
  2. any thick, soft, yielding mass
  3. Informal maudlin sentimentality

Etymology: prob. var. of mash

transitive verb

Chiefly Brit., Dialectal to make into mush; crush
mush2 definition

mush (mus̸h)

interjection

in Canada and Alaska, used to command sled dogs to start or to go faster

Etymology: prob. < mush on, altered < Fr marchons, let's go < marcher, to go, march

intransitive verb

to travel on foot over snow with a dog sled

noun

a journey by mushing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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