mush
- noun
- /mʌʃ/
- Jargon
- Now mush.
Examples
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"You, kid! Mush!" In the doorway, Jack slid half of his shoulder blade into view.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tossed to the snow and mush.
Blog text (28) -
When I say "Mush!" that means go.
Fiction book (2000) -
The man says mush, you hit the harness.
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They learned to hunt, fish, and mush dogs.
Academic text (2006) -
"Oscar's father and uncle have a dog team and mush dogs competitively in their region of the state.
Academic text (2006) -
The Bodhisattva seems to levitate through the shapeless mush to shore.
Fiction book (1991) -
Utah shoots along the mush, hooting, and continues hooting madly as he thrashes all the way to shore.
Fiction book (1991) -
The team of dogs raced through the snowy landscape on their mush, pulling the sled behind them.
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After weeks of training, they finally embarked on their first mush across the frozen tundra.
Synonyms
A trip across snow using special vehicles or equipment
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mush for a dogsled journey comes from the shout drivers used to give their dogs — a command people heard as 'mush!' meaning 'go' from French-speaking drivers. So a 'mush' is the trip you take when the dogs start moving.