adj
Meaning 1
Covered in slush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slushy
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.
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/ˈslʌʃi/
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rhymes with -ʌʃi
adj
Meaning 2
Having the consistency of slush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mushy, pappy, puddingy, curdy, grumous, mushlike, paplike, pobby, porridgelike, puddingish, puddinglike, pulplike, pulpous, pulpy, pultaceous, slushy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a person, soupy; sentimental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maudlin, mushy, soppy, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy, gooey, hokey, icky, kitsch, kitschy, mawkish, overemotional, oversentimental, overwrought, sappy, schmaltzy, sickly sweet, slushy, soupy, syrupy, treacly
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of slushie (“flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
A kitchen helper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, colloquial, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A ship's cook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
effusively or insincerely emotional
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bathetic novel
- maudlin expressions of sympathy
- mushy effusiveness
- a schmaltzy song
- sentimental soap operas
- slushy poetry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
being or resembling melting snow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- slushy snow
- deep slushy mud
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From slush + -y. In the sense of a cook, from the sense of slush meaning to refuse grease and fat collected in cooking.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кален (kalen) — covered in slush
- Māori: kūrarirari — covered in slush
- Polish: rozmokły — covered in slush
- Polish: błotnisty — covered in slush
- Bulgarian: кишав (kišav) — having the consistency of slush
- Māori: kūtere — having the consistency of slush
- Māori: kūrarirari — having the consistency of slush
- Polish: rozmokły — having the consistency of slush
- Polish: błotnisty — having the consistency of slush