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slushy

slushy

3 1.6
A cold sweet drink made from crushed ice and syrup
  • noun
  • /ˈslʌʃi/
  • US
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  • After playing outside, the kids ran to the stand for refreshing slushies to cool off.

They got a wide selection of slushies, coffee, flavored coffee.

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Examples

  • I am a public school teacher, and the lunches are so bad that the kids eat junk food instead (cookies and slushies).

    Blog text (19)
  • They got a wide selection of slushies, coffee, flavored coffee.

  • So we make those in a slushy format also.

  • "It's got the consistency of a Slushy.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Many must love these slushies, and many more must fear them.

  • These pina colada flavored, like slushy type things are like the best thing ever.

  • On a hot summer day, I enjoyed a large slushy made with bright blue raspberry syrup.

  • The convenience store down the street sells delicious slushies in various flavors like cherry and lime.

Synonyms

ice
vsslushy
  • US
414 1.0

A cold sweet dessert made from fruit juice and sugar without milk

is sold as a sweet drink made from crushed frozen water and flavored syrup
sorbet
vsslushy
16 2.7

A frozen sweet made from fruit juice or crushed fruit without milk, with a soft, slushy texture

is served drinkable as crushed frozen water with flavored syrup rather than spooned
slushie
vsslushy
  • US
4 2.0

A cold sweet drink made with crushed ice

has the same meaning but uses a different spelling or form
frozen dessert
vsslushy
1 2.7

A sweet cold food made by freezing milk or fruit

is the narrow drink form sold as crushed frozen water with flavored syrup

Antonyms

11 1.0

Food that is not a drink and you chew before you swallow

How Icy

slushy
  • US
3 1.6
ice water
19 1.0
gelato
23 2.5
iced tea
65 1.0
cooler
  • Archaic
9 4.4

Surface Forms

slushy singular
slushies plural

Morphology

slushy = slush (transparent) = slush + y

Built from 'slush' to name a product made of crushed ice/slush; the relation is direct and predictable.

Etymology

The cold drink slushy gets its name from slush ('crushed ice or soft wet ice') plus -y ('full of'), because the drink is a cup full of icy, soft ice and sweet syrup.