mush

n.

1. A thick porridge or pudding of cornmeal boiled in water or milk.
2. Something thick, soft, and pulpy.
3. Informal. Mawkish sentimentality, affection, or amorousness.

tr.v., mushed, mush·ing, mush·es.
To reduce to mush; mash or crush.

[Probably alteration of MASH.]

mush² (mŭsh)

v., mushed, mush·ing, mush·es.

v.intr.
To travel, especially over snow with a dogsled.

v.tr.
To drive (a dogsled or team of dogs).

n.
A journey, especially by dogsled.

interj.
Used to command a team of dogs to begin pulling or move faster.

[Possibly alteration of French marchons, first person pl. imperative of marcher, to walk, go, from Old French. See march¹.]

musher mush'er n.

(MultiUser Shared Hallucination) See MUD.

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American; cakes of boiled ground rice served cold or fried.

A thick, cooked mixture made by cooking cornmeal with milk or water. It's served as a breakfast dish by adding melted butter, milk or maple syrup. Mush can also be cooked, poured into a pan and cooled, at which point it becomes solid. It's then cut into squares, sautéed until golden brown (much like polenta) and served hot, sometimes with gravy, as a side dish.

noun

The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality. Informal mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. Slang sappiness. See feelings.

verb

To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass: crush, mash, pulp, squash. See help/harm/harmless.

Origin: 1671

Porridge made of rice or oatmeal was an English innovation of the 1600s. The American settlers improved on it by making it with our Indian corn and then giving it the homespun name mush, derived from the "mash" used in brewing and as food for horses and cattle. Mush is celebrated in a 1671 poem which explains that the corn "being groun'd and boyl'd, Mush they make / Their hungry Servants for to slake." Five years later another poem declared, "Merchants car'd not a rush / For other fare than Jonakin and Mush." The name Jonakin later became Johnnycake (1739).

In much of the country, mush is still made of cornmeal today, but in the states along the Pacific coast, mush can be any hot cereal.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - grødet masse, grødis
v. tr. - kvase, mase, lave til grød

2.
v. intr. - rejse med hundeslæde
v. tr. - køre hundeslæde
int. - mush! (udråb til slædehunde)
n. - rejse med hundeslæde

3.
n. - (nedsættende) tiltaleform

Nederlands (Dutch)
brij, pap, onzin, slapte, geruis, tocht met een hondenslede (maken)

Français (French)
1.
n. - (US) bouillie, farine de maïs, mièvrerie
v. tr. - écraser, appuyer

2.
v. intr. - marcher à pied avec des chaussures de neige
v. tr. - voyager en traîneau à chiens, conduire un traîneau à chiens
int. - en avant (excl) (pour faire démarrer/avancer les chiens)
n. - voyage en traîneau à chiens

3.
n. - (GB) Monsieur (arg)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Brei, weiche Masse, Mus
v. - zu Brei machen, zerbröckeln

2.
v. - mit Hundeschlitten reisen
int. - Vorwärts!
n. - Fußmarsch (mit Hunden durch den Schnee)

3.
n. - (BrE) alter Freund

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πολτός, χυλός, κουρκούτι, γλυκερός συναισθηματισμός, ταξίδι με έλκηθρο συρόμενο από σκύλους
v. - ταξιδεύω με έλκηθρο συρόμενο από σκύλους
int. - σαχλαμάρες!

Italiano (Italian)
poltiglia, pappa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mingau (m)
v. - acompanhar trenó puxado por cães
int. - comando de avançar para cães de trenó

Русский (Russian)
что-либо мягкое, чепуха, помехи, зонтик, путешествие на собаках, путешествовать на собаках

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - masa blanda y espesa, papilla, gachas
v. tr. - exprimir, hacer papilla

2.
v. intr. - viajar en trineo
v. tr. - viajar en trineo
int. - Ve!, Anda!
n. - sentimentalismo, paraguas

3.
n. - demostración empalagosa de afecto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mos, störning, dravel, resa med hundsläde
v. - åka med hundsläde

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 软糊状食物, 软糊状的东西, 玉米粥, 过分的多愁善感, 使成软糊状, 把...碾碎

2. 驾狗拉雪橇在雪地上旅行, 使成软糊状, 把...碾碎, 驾狗拉雪橇的旅行, 走!, 前进!

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 駕狗拉雪橇在雪地上旅行
v. tr. - 使成軟糊狀, 把...碾碎
n. - 駕狗拉雪橇的旅行
int. - 走!, 前進!

2.
n. - 軟糊狀食物, 軟糊狀的東西, 玉米粥, 過分的多愁善感
v. tr. - 使成軟糊狀, 把...碾碎

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 걸쭉한 음식
v. tr. - 걸쭉하게 만들다

2.
v. intr. - 개썰매 여행을 하다
v. tr. - 개썰매로 여행을 하다
int. - 가자!
n. - 개썰매 여행

3.
n. - 비공식적으로 말을 걸 때 쓰는 말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - どろどろしたもの, トウモロコシがゆ, たわごと, かゆ状のもの, 顔

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشوار, رحله (فعل) يخرج في نزهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בליל סמיך, ציפה רכה, דייסת תירס, רגשנות‬
v. tr. - ‮ריסק, מעך יחד‬
v. intr. - ‮נסע במזחלת-שלג רתומה לכלבים‬
v. tr. - ‮זירז (כלבים הגוררים מזחלת-שלג)‬
int. - ‮קריאת זירוז לכלבים הגוררים את המזחלת‬
n. - ‮נסיעה במזחלת-שלג‬
n. - ‮טיעונים חסרי-עקביות ובלתי-משכנעים‬

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