to slush
- verb
- /slʌʃ/
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- His running shoes slushed along the streets of Cedar Bend, and ice clung to his hair where it stuck out beneath his blue stocking cap.
Examples
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The first snowstorm of the season had seized the city, so I had a little fun slushing my way to Greenwich Village in ill-suited shoes.
Blog text (22) -
Stewart stumbled slightly while slushing through the thick, melting snow on his way home.
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The snow may never slush upon the hillside.
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The cars come at me, they flash their lights, they honk their horns, and they splash salt and slush at me as they weave by. I run and feel the wet seep into my shoes, and I run harder yet.
Fiction book (1994) -
He struggled to keep his balance as he slushed through the muddy puddles left by the rain.
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The children laughed and splashed each other while slushing in the heavy slush on the playground.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise
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3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
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5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
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7.0
Make a soft, wet sucking sound, for example when you walk on mud
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7.4
To walk through mud or water and make a splashing sound
To move slowly through wet or muddy ground
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
To move or splash with force and noise
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Etymology
Slush likely comes from the same sound family as splash and slosh, words that make you imagine wet, noisy movement. That's why to slush through puddles means to 'move with difficulty' while making wet splashes.