Definitions for slushes

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slushes slush

Spelling: [sluhsh]

IPA: /slʌʃ/

Slushes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in slushes (ehlsssu).

Definitions for slushes

noun

1. partly melted snow.
2. liquid mud; watery mire.
3. waste, as fat, grease, or other refuse, from the galley of a ship.
4. a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating.
5. silly, sentimental, or weakly emotional talk or writing:
6. slush pile.

verb (used with object)

1. to splash with slush.
2. to grease, polish, or cover with slush.
3. to fill or cover with mortar or cement.
4. to wash with a large quantity of water, as by dashing it on.

Origin of slushes

1635-45; apparently cognate with Norwegian slusk slops, Swedish slask mud, slops

Examples for slushes

I needed to write a book, which would leap out from the slush pile.

"My wife, if she wishes, can turn Shelley into slush," he answered bitterly.

And it became a slush fund for those beloved social programs.

An intern had fished it out of the slush pile and handed it to Linville.

The snow was now fast melting, and the ice-fields were covered with slush.

He makes proclamations that Orham is nothin' but sand, slush, and soft drinks.

"It's the last time you get any of that slush into me, Babbitt," says he.

Congress felt that they were being used as slush funds to allow senior management to loot the firm.

The snow became a sea of slush, and water covered the ice of lakes and river.

A Buddhist priest walks knee deep in slush among buildings that have uprooted like trees.