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mush

UK/mʊʃ/ US/mʊʃ/ fairly common slang uk
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

any soft or soggy mass

  • “he pounded it to a pulp”
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verb

1.

drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

2.

travel with a dogsled

Origin

Probably a variant of mash, or from a dialectal variant of Middle English mos (“mush, pulp, porridge”); compare Middle English appelmos (“applesauce”), from Old English mōs (“food, victuals, porridge, mush”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). Cognate with Scots moosh (“mush”), Dutch moes (“pulp, mush, porridge”), German Mus (“jam, puree, mush”), Swedish mos (“pulp, mash, mush”).

Phrases

  • Toby mush

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