mush

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mush1 /mʌʃ/

▶noun

• 1 a soft, wet, pulpy mass.

• 2 cloying sentimentality.

• 3 N. Amer. thick maize porridge.

▶verb (usu. as adj. mushed) reduce to mush.

– derivatives
mushily adverb,
mushiness noun,
mushy adjective (mushier, mushiest).

– origin C17: appar. a var. of mash.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mush2 /mʌʃ/

▶exclamation a command urging on dogs during a journey across snow with a dog sled. ▶verb travel across snow with a dog sled.

– derivatives
musher noun.

– origin C19: prob. an alt. of Fr. marchez! or marchons!, imper. of marcher ‘to advance’.

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mush3 /mʊʃ/

▶noun Brit. informal

• 1 a person's mouth or face.

• 2 used as a term of address.

– origin C19: prob from Romany, ‘man’.