slushy
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slush
(slŭsh)n.
1. Partially melted snow or ice.
2. Soft mud; slop; mire.
3. Nautical Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley.
4. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery.
5. Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel.
6. A drink made of flavored syrup poured over crushed ice.
7. Informal Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
v. slushed, slush·ing, slush·es
v.tr.
1. To daub (machinery) with slush.
2. To fill (joints in masonry) with mortar.
3. Nautical To wash down (a deck) by splashing with water.
4. To splash or soak with slush or mud.
v.intr.
1. To walk or proceed through slush.
2. To make a splashing or slushy sound.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slask, sloppy weather.]
slush′y adj.
slush′i·ly adv.
slush′i·ness n.
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slushy
(ˈslʌʃɪ)adj, slushier or slushiest
of, resembling, or consisting of slush
n, pl slushies
(Cookery) an unskilled kitchen assistant
ˈslushiness n
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Adj. | 1. | slushy - being or resembling melting snow; "slushy snow"; "deep slushy mud" unfrozen - not frozen; "unfrozen ground" |
2. | slushy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" |
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Translations
ذو عواطِف زائِفَه
rozčvachtaný
hólétõl latyakos
krapakenndur; væminn
roztopený
sulu karlı
slushy
[slʌʃɪ] ADJ (slushier (compar) (slushiest (superl)))2. [poetry etc] → sentimentaloide, sensiblero
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
slushy
[ˈslʌʃi] adj [snow] → fondu(e)
[street] → couvert(e) de neige fondue
(British) (= sentimental) → à l'eau de rose
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
slushy
[ˈslʌʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (snow) → sciolto/a, fangoso/a (fam) (Brit) (poetry) → sdolcinato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
slush
(slaʃ) noun1. melting snow. The streets are covered with slush.
2. (something said or written showing) weak sentimentality. I think most romantic novels are just slush!
ˈslushy adjectiveˈslushiness noun
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