to smush
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7.8
- verb
- /smʌʃ/
- Informal
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apretar
- And then I'm going to smush my brush in there on each side.
- smush together
That your emotions are not valid or in fact wrong, so you smush them down.
- That your emotions are not valid or in fact wrong, so you smush them down.
- And I think being able to smush him has really kind of kept my mood up.
Examples
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I got smushed.
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Two women with massive rolling bags decided to smush their way in, causing an alarm to start blaring—Furry went into Full Code RED, WHITE & BLUE (PILLS).
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So we just need basically need to smush this on the face.
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OK, I'm going to smush you into the corner.
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Take two pieces of Lego and smush them together.
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Smush together, both of you.Kids, kids.
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Let's smush 'em!
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I'm always smushed against a wall, haha!
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You want to dip them in face down like this, going to smush them down in there, gently pick it up, and then you want to kind of swirl the extra glaze off the top of it.
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The children love to smush the playdough into funny shapes.
Synonyms
278
2.3
To press things together so they take less space
192
2.8
To move into a narrow space with difficulty
175
1.6
To move many people or animals into a small space
141
2.7
Move close together and push forward in a crowd
46
3.2
Push people or things together so they cannot move easily
24
3.2
To press something until it becomes flat or out of shape
9
5.5
Squeeze something until it becomes wrinkled or folded
8
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
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4.4
To come together into a small, close group
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3.1
To move or bring close together to form a small group
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7.9
To press something so it becomes flat or misshapen
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3.0
To press things so they fit more tightly together
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9.1
To squeeze people or things into a small space to make them fit
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4.5
Fill a place or container until there is no room left
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4.8
To move close together around a person or thing leaving little space
To crowd into a place in large numbers
To press people or things together so they fit in a small space
Antonyms
How Compressed
121
1.4
55
2.0
16
3.2
- Informal
5
7.8
192
2.8
11
1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smush as a verb meaning to press or crowd into a small space comes from the same playful mix of smash and mush 'soft mess'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine people or things being squeezed together until they become a messy heap.