slush

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   partly melted snow or ice, especially when lying wet and dirty on the ground

   The luggage cart rattled through gray slush outside the station.

2. 2
   noun

   a thick drink made from crushed ice and a flavored liquid; chiefly American English

   He bought a cherry slush from the concession stand.

3. 3
   noun

   language, writing, or entertainment considered excessively emotional and sentimental

   The critic dismissed the final scene as romantic slush.

4. 4
   verb

   to splash, spill, or move through liquid in a clumsy way

   Water slushed over the rim as he carried the bucket upstairs.

Of uncertain origin, probably influenced by both sludge and the imitative slosh. The central image is a loose, wet mass; the drink sense follows its texture, while the figurative sense likens excessive sentiment to shapeless mush.

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