slush
To smear with slushy liquid or greaseTo smear with slushy liquid or grease.
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» The governor took the money out of a slush fund.
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3 sensesTo smear with slushy liquid or grease.
To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
- spill or splash copiously or clumsily
- make a splashing sound
Examples
6 sentencesThe governor took the money out of a slush fund.
Cycling through slush on a racer isn't wise, but this year there's no alternative.
deEs ist zwar nicht klug, mit dem Rennrad im Schneematsch zu fahren, aber heuer bleibt einem nichts anderes übrig. — brauchinet
There was slush on the road where the car, which had summer tires, was being driven.
It's not clever, cycling through slush on a racing bike, but there's nothing else for it this year.
deEs ist zwar nicht klug, mit dem Rennrad im Schneematsch zu fahren, aber heuer bleibt einem nichts anderes übrig. — brauchinet
Perhaps the surface of Jupiter is like ambiguous slush under dense poisonous gases.
Origin
May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influenceMay be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.
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Forms
slushes, slushing, slushed, slushedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.