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Sludge is usually applied to something relatively thick and less liquid, e.g. to wet clinging mud or slimy deposits, whereas slush more typically describes thawing snow or melting ice. Slosh (in its related uses) is a verb meaning 'to move with a splashing sound'.

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noun

A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance: mire, muck, ooze, slime, slop, sludge. See clean/dirty.

verb

To soil with mud: bemire, mire, muck (up), mud, muddy. See clean/dirty.

Water-saturated snow which with a heel-and-toe slap-down motion against the ground will be displaced with a splatter. Its specific gravity is between 0.5 and 0.8 (ICAO).

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noun
Also slushey, slushie Also slushey, slushie
noun, spec.

A ship's cook ( as a nickname); also, any cook, any unskilled kitchen or domestic help. (1859 —) .
K. Giles A grey-headed woman was crying in a corner—'The part-time slushy,' said Porterman (1970).

[From slush noun (cf. slush noun 2) or verb + -y.]

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For a list of words related to slush, see:

• Storms - slush: partly melted, watery snow
• Wet weather
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sjap, sjap-is, pløre, ælte, søle, sentimentalt sludder, pladder
v. tr. - søle til, sjaske til, dække med pløre
v. intr. - plaske i mudder, plaske i sjap

idioms:

• slush fund    fedtekasse, bestikkelsesfond

Nederlands (Dutch)
slijk, smeltende sneeuw, schaafijs met siroop

Français (French)
n. - neige fondue, sensiblerie, (US, Culin) granité
v. tr. - éclabousser, enduire de pâte, remplir avec du mortier, éclabousser/tremper avec de la boue/de la gadoue
v. intr. - marcher dans la neige fondue

idioms:

• slush fund    caisse noire, fonds secrets (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schneematsch, Schlamm
v. - patschen, schwappen

idioms:

• slush fund    Fonds für Bestechungsgelder

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βόρβορος, λασπόνερο, χιονόνερο, άλειμμα, λίπος, (καθομ.) υπερσυναισθηματισμός, γλυκερότητες, ζαχαρώματα, σοροπιάσματα, σαχλαμάρες, (ναυτ.) φαγητό
v. - πιτσιλίζω, (καθομ.) φασινάρω

idioms:

• slush fund    μυστικό κονδύλι (για σκοτεινούς σκοπούς ή δωροδοκίες)

Italiano (Italian)
melma

idioms:

• slush fund    fondi neri

Português (Portuguese)
n. - neve suja meio derretida (f), graxa de lubrificação (f), sentimental
v. - esbarrar

idioms:

• slush fund    verba para suborno ou corrupção, caixinha

Русский (Russian)
талый снег, жидкая грязь, глухой плеск, жировые отбросы, сальный налет, антикоррозийная смазка, ружейное масло, сентиментальный вздор, окатывать (грязью, водой), покрывать антикоррозийной смазкой, брызгать водой, шлепать по грязи, течь с глухим плеском, есть с чавканьем, расшивать швы, чистить канал ствола

idioms:

• slush fund    деньги для подкупа влиятельных лиц

Español (Spanish)
n. - fango, lodo, aguanieve
v. tr. - mojar, ensuciar, embarrar, engrasar, lavar (echando agua)
v. intr. - chapotear, derretirse (la nieve)

idioms:

• slush fund    dinero utilizado con fines deshonestos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snösörja, snöslask, issörja, gyttja, sentimentalt dravel, struntprat
v. - prata strunt, skriva sentimentalt dravel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
融雪, 泥泞, 溅泼, 给...上润滑油, 给...灌砂浆, 在融雪中走

idioms:

• slush fund    贿赂款, 行贿基金

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 融雪, 泥濘
v. tr. - 濺潑, 給...上潤滑油, 給...灌砂漿
v. intr. - 在融雪中走, 濺潑

idioms:

• slush fund    賄賂款, 行賄基金

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진창눈, (녹막이용) 백연석회, 슬러시
v. tr. - 윤활유를 바르다, 녹 방지제를 칠하다, 시멘트로 틈새를 채워넣다
v. intr. - 진창을 지나가다, 물을 끼얹어 점벙점벙 씻다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 解けかかった雪, ぬかるみ, 感傷的な本

idioms:

• slush fund    不正資金

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وحل أو طين رقيق ألقوام, ثلج نصف ذائب, نفايه (فعل) يكسو بالملاط, يطلي وقايه من ألصدأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלג מימי, בוץ, רפש, רגשנות, ספרות משתפכת‬
v. tr. - ‮התפלש במים‬
v. intr. - ‮השמיע רעש של התפלשות במים‬

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