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   slush

   /slʌʃ/

   noun

   • 1. partially melted snow or ice: "the snow was turning into brown slush in the gutters"
   • ▪ watery mud. Similar melting snowwet snowmuckmushmudsludge
   • 2. excessive sentiment: informal "the slush of Hollywood's romantic fifties films" Similar sentimentalitymawkishnessover-sentimentalityemotionalismoveremotionalismsentimentalismbanalitytritenesstweenessinformal:schmaltzmushsob stuffslushinesssloppinessslopgoocorncorninesshokumcheesesoppinesssappinesshokeyness

   verb

   • 1. make a squelching or splashing sound: "there was water slushing around in the galley"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: probably imitative; compare with slosh.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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