What is "mush"

Mush \Mush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mushing.] To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. -- v. t. To cause to travel or journey. [Rare] [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.]

Mush \Mush\, n. [Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. m[=o]s food, and prob, to E. meat. See Meat.] Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. [U.S.]

Mush \Mush\, v. t. [Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.] To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

Mush \Mush\, n. [Perh. short for mush on, a corrupt of E. marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.] A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; -- also used attributively. [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.]

"kind of porridge," 1670s, in the American colonies, variant of mash (n.) "soft mixture." Meaning "anything soft and thick" is attested from 1824.

command to sled dogs, first recorded 1862, as mouche, perhaps altered from French marchons! "advance!" (imperative of marcher "to march;" see march (v.)).

"to pound to a pulp," 1781, from mush (n.). Related: Mushed; mushing.

Etymology 1 n. (context uncountable English) A mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance. vb. To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else. Etymology 2

n. (context Quebecois English slang English) magic mushrooms Etymology 3

n. 1 A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge. 2 (qualifier: rural USA) cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes. Etymology 4

interj. A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster. n. A walk, especially across the snow with dogs. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs. 2 (context transitive English) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow. Etymology 5

n. 1 (context British primarily Southern England slang English) A form of address to a man. 2 (context British primarily Northern England slang English) The face Etymology 6

vb. (context transitive English) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.

1. v. drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

2. travel with a dogsled

1. n. any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn: pulp]

2. cornmeal boiled in water [syn: cornmeal mush]

3. an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental [syn: treacle]

4. a journey by dogsled

Mush may refer to:

Mush, MUSH, or Mushing may also refer to:

Mush — cornmeal pudding (or porridge) is usually boiled in water or milk. It is often allowed to set, or gel into a semisolid, then cut into flat squares or rectangles, and pan fried. Usage is especially common in the eastern and southeastern United States. It is also customary for those in the Midwestern US to eat it with maple syrup or molasses. In Eastern Europe, milk is poured over the meal once served and cooled down, rather than being boiled in it. Cornmeal mush is often consumed in Latin America and Africa.

Mush is the third full-length album by the English punk band Leatherface. It is generally considered to be their best record, and a classic of the genre.

Mush is a browser-based free-to-play multiplayer game by the French company Motion Twin. The game was first available in French on 4 February 2013. From August 2013, the English version of the game was in closed beta phase, which ended before 5 November 2013 when the game went live.

The plot of the game, wherein an alien entity (the titular "Mush") takes over some of the 16 people on a spaceship and the players attempt to uncover who it is, has been compared to John Carpenter's The Thing.