mush Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any soft or soggy mass
    pulp.
    • he pounded it to a pulp
  2. noun cornmeal boiled in water
    cornmeal mush.
  3. noun writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
    glop; treacle; slop.
  4. noun a journey by dogsled
  5. verb drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)
  6. verb travel with a dogsled
    dogsled.

WordNet

Mush noun
Etymology
Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. mos food, and prob, to E. meat. See Meat.
Definitions
  1. Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. U.S.
Mush transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.
Definitions
  1. To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

Webster 1913