noun

mush

muhsh

noun

A soft, wet, formless mass, especially of food.

"By the time she got home, the bananas had turned to mush at the bottom of the bag."

A thick porridge made from cooked grain, especially cornmeal, cooked in water or milk.

"His grandmother always served mush with a spoonful of maple syrup on cold mornings."

verb

To squash something into a soft, formless mass.

"He mushed the ripe avocado with a fork before spreading it on toast."

intj

A command shouted to sled dogs to make them start or move faster.

"The musher cracked the reins and yelled "Mush!" to get the team moving."

How to Use Mush

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In plain EnglishA soft, squashed mess — or, informally, the shout used to get sled dogs running.

Word Forms

mushed past tense, mushed past tense, mushed past tense, mushes plural, mushes plural, mushes plural, mushes plural, mushes plural, mushes plural, MUSHes plural, mushes singular, mushes singular, mushes singular

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Etymology

Probably a variant of mash, or from an old dialect form related to Old English mos, meaning food or porridge.

Rhymes for mush

push tush lush bush gush rush hush kush brush crush blush plush

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