mush
mush Lexical Profile
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• noun
A thick, soft, moist mass or mixture.
"The heavy rain turned the unpaved trail into a treacherous mush of mud and leaves."
Excessively sentimental, maudlin, or romantic language and behavior.
"The movie started as a tense thriller but quickly devolved into predictable romantic mush."
North American A thick porridge made by boiling cornmeal in water or milk.
"For breakfast, the pioneers often ate fried cornmeal mush topped with maple syrup."
• verb
To reduce something to a soft, wet mass by crushing or mashing.
"She mushed the overripe bananas in a bowl to prepare the bread batter."
North American To travel across snow with a sled drawn by dogs.
"The explorers mushed across the frozen Alaskan tundra for three exhaustive weeks."
North American To drive or command a team of sled dogs to start moving or to travel faster.
"He mushed his weary dogs onward through the blinding blizzard."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The noun referring to a soft mass is an alteration of the word 'mash'. The interjection and verb relating to dogsledding derive from Canadian French 'marche', meaning 'go!' or 'walk!', the imperative form of 'marcher'.