Slushy
/ˈslʌʃi/ adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of slushie (“flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 A kitchen helper. Australia, colloquial, slang
- 3 A ship's cook. UK, obsolete, slang
Adjective
- 1 Covered in slush.
"I can remember, and not that long ago, when slushy mid-winter days like today always lead my feverish imagination down a murky hallway known as "shacking up.""
- 2 Having the consistency of slush.
- 3 Soupy; sentimental.
Adjective
- 1 effusively or insincerely emotional wordnet
- 2 being or resembling melting snow wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The giant panda matriarch came out of her den to find a slushy ice cake made with applesauce and filled with chunks of apples, carrots and yams."
Etymology
From slush + -y. In the sense of a cook, from the sense of slush meaning to refuse grease and fat collected in cooking.