Standard Lemma guide

slush

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /slʌʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Liquid mud or mire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

partially melted snow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: water, H2O

12

verb

Meaning 12

spill or splash copiously or clumsily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • slosh paint all over the walls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slosh, slosh around, slush around

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash

13

verb

Meaning 13

make a splashing sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • water was splashing on the floor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: splash, splosh, slosh

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

History

Etymology

May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: cembatu — half-melted snow
  • Asturian: chanfaina — half-melted snow
  • Asturian: chafardina — half-melted snow
  • Asturian: farrapera — half-melted snow
  • Basque: elur urtu — half-melted snow
  • Bulgarian: киша (kiša) — half-melted snow
  • Bulgarian: лапавица (lapavica) — half-melted snow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪泥 (xuění) — half-melted snow
  • Czech: břečka — half-melted snow
  • Czech: čvachtanice — half-melted snow
  • Dutch: papsneeuw — half-melted snow
  • Dutch: slush — half-melted snow
  • Esperanto: degelaĵo — half-melted snow
  • Estonian: lörts — half-melted snow
  • Estonian: sulalumi — half-melted snow
  • Faroese: krapi — half-melted snow
  • Finnish: loska — half-melted snow
  • French: névasse — half-melted snow
  • French: neige fondue — half-melted snow
  • French: sloche — half-melted snow
  • Galician: zoldra — half-melted snow
  • German: Schneematsch — half-melted snow
  • Greek: λασπόχιονο (laspóchiono) — half-melted snow
  • Hungarian: hólé — half-melted snow
  • Hungarian: latyak — half-melted snow
  • Hungarian: lucsok — half-melted snow
  • Icelandic: slabb — half-melted snow
  • Icelandic: krap — half-melted snow
  • Ingrian: hyymä — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian: slaps — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sørpe — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sørpe — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slaps — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slafs — half-melted snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slufs — half-melted snow
  • Polish: breja z błota i rozmokłego śniegu — half-melted snow
  • Portuguese: lama de neve — half-melted snow
  • Romanian: zloată — half-melted snow
  • Romanian: fleșcăraie — half-melted snow
  • Russian: снежура́ (snežurá) — half-melted snow
  • Russian: шуга́ (šugá) — half-melted snow
  • Russian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ) — half-melted snow
  • Russian: снегова́я ка́ша (snegovája káša) — half-melted snow
  • Russian: жи́жа (žíža) — half-melted snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: бљу̏згавица — half-melted snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: bljȕzgavica — half-melted snow
  • Sicilian: nivarra — half-melted snow
  • Slovak: čľapkanica — half-melted snow
  • Spanish: nieve fangosa — half-melted snow
  • Spanish: nieve a medio derretir — half-melted snow
  • Spanish: nieve semiderretida — half-melted snow
  • Swedish: snöslask — half-melted snow
  • Swedish: snöglopp — half-melted snow
  • Swedish: slask — half-melted snow
  • Swedish: modd — half-melted snow
  • Turkish: karsık — half-melted snow
  • Ukrainian: сльота (slʹota) — half-melted snow
  • Welsh: slwtsh — half-melted snow
  • Arabic: وَحْل (waḥl) — liquid mud or mire
  • Asturian: llama — liquid mud or mire
  • Asturian: repla — liquid mud or mire
  • Bulgarian: рядка кал (rjadka kal) — liquid mud or mire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 爛泥 /烂泥 (lànní) — liquid mud or mire
  • Czech: břečka — liquid mud or mire
  • Estonian: muda — liquid mud or mire
  • Estonian: liga — liquid mud or mire
  • Estonian: läga — liquid mud or mire
  • Finnish: muta — liquid mud or mire
  • French: gadoue — liquid mud or mire
  • Galician: lama — liquid mud or mire
  • Galician: barro — liquid mud or mire
  • German: Matsch — liquid mud or mire
  • Irish: lathach — liquid mud or mire
  • Italian: poltiglia — liquid mud or mire
  • Japanese: 泥濘 (nukarumi) — liquid mud or mire
  • Korean: 이녕 (inyeong) — liquid mud or mire
  • Lithuanian: pliurza — liquid mud or mire
  • Māori: ōi — liquid mud or mire
  • Polish: breja — liquid mud or mire
  • Portuguese: lama — liquid mud or mire
  • Russian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ) — liquid mud or mire
  • Russian: жи́жа (žíža) — liquid mud or mire
  • Slovak: blato — liquid mud or mire
  • Turkish: çamur — liquid mud or mire
  • Turkish: balçık — liquid mud or mire
  • Turkish: mırç — liquid mud or mire
  • Ottoman Turkish: چامور (çamur) — liquid mud or mire
  • Arabic: سلاش — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Azerbaijani: qarlamac — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Bulgarian: слъш (slǎš) — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Czech: ledová tříšť — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Dutch: slush — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Finnish: jäähilejuoma — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • French: barbotine — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • French: granité — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • German: Slush — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • German: Slusheis — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • German: Slush Eis — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Hungarian: jégkása — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Japanese: スラッシュ (surasshu) — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Korean: 슬러시 (seulleosi) — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Polish: slushie — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Portuguese: granizado — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Russian: слаш (slaš) — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Slovak: ľadová triešť — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Spanish: granizado — flavored shaved ice served as a drink
  • Turkish: karsanbaç — flavored shaved ice served as a drink