Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of soft mud, or of snow and water; resembling slush.
  • noun Same as slusher.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Covered in slush.
  • adjective Having the consistency of slush.
  • adjective of a person Soupy.
  • noun A flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals.
  • noun Australia, colloquial, slang A kitchen helper.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective effusively or insincerely emotional
  • adjective being or resembling melting snow

Etymologies

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From slush +‎ -y

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Examples

  • I had gone to the Billa at San Basilio and the trip home involved three boats which wandered about, long layovers at boat stops, a substitute bus, and a long walk home from Ferrovia in slushy, highwater-washed walkways.

    Nebbia 2006

  • Cold as snow, gray as ashes, they fell and fell, filling the hall with something which recalled a slushy day in early autumn.

    Mother 2003

  • "Our equipment would have made it worse earlier with the warmer temperatures, and leave more of a mess," he said, calling the slushy, brown snow "oatmeal."

    Edmonton Sun 2010

  • "Our equipment would have made it worse earlier with the warmer temperatures, and leave more of a mess," he said, calling the slushy, brown snow "oatmeal."

    Edmonton Sun 2010

  • At Cedar Crest visibility was reduced to a mile in all directions with State Road 14 described as slushy and slick.

    KRQE TV David Romero 2010

  • For Jaclyn Hagmaier of Dayton, that means tweaking the recipe so the outcome is more of an ice pop slushy, which is easier for her

    Daily News-Record 2009

  • Shweta & T.L. mark two more authors I pulled out of the slush, so it's a very "slushy" issue.

    April 12th, 2010 douglascohen 2010

  • Shweta & T.L. mark two more authors I pulled out of the slush, so it's a very "slushy" issue.

    ROF: June 2010 Issue Now Available, or 666 douglascohen 2010

  • You look down here on the ground, you got some places where it's kind of slushy, but then if you walk over to areas like this, you can't tell, our photojournalist needs to hop here, you're probably in the areas where you have this kind of ice like that.

    CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

  • Pinkhamster- I have tried a "slushy" with chocolate flavoring before that I made out of sheer curiosity once.

    Slusho! Flavors Dennis 2007

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