slushy

[ sluhsh-ee ]

adjective

, slush·i·er, slush·i·est.

1. of or relating to slush.
2. Informal. tritely sentimental; mushy.

ˈslushy

/ ˈslʌʃɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or consisting of slush

noun

1. an unskilled kitchen assistant

Derived Forms

• ˈslushiness, noun

Other Words From

• slushi·ly adverb
• slushi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slushy¹

First recorded in 1785–95; slush + -y ¹

Example Sentences

With excellent traction, these boots will hold up easily in slushy weather.

From Popular-Science

Overnight, temperatures fall to near 20, meaning any wet and slushy areas will refreeze.

From Washington Post

Reports indicate main roads are fine due to temperatures near or even a little above freezing, but side roads are slushy and visibility is reduced.

From Washington Post

Irrespective of how much additional frozen precipitation we see later tonight, temperatures will drop sharply, and wet and slushy conditions on area roads may turn icy.

From Washington Post

They’re not all style and no substance, though—the water-resistant upper, made from repurposed plastic, and the 45 percent recycled lugged rubber sole will keep them in rotation even when the snow turns slushy.

From Outside Online

Men lazed, drinking tea, smoking Gauloise cigarettes and speaking slushy Arabic.

From The Daily Beast

A slushy dysfunctional housewife chokes on a sandwich in her kitchen and wakes up to find that she has been saved by God.

From The Daily Beast

It will not freeze solid, but rather achieve the consistency of a slushy.

From The Daily Beast

But early this morning the race was canceled as rain and high temperatures rendered the course a slushy mess.

From The Daily Beast

This morning is slushy gray New York at its most forbidding.

From The Daily Beast

But the sun was getting warmer and the icy street would soon be slushy and the skates would cut through.

From Project Gutenberg

The plateau, however, lay on the northern side of a great peak, and was covered with slushy snow.

From Project Gutenberg

To sweep a slushy crossing for eight hours, on a day when the east wind is blowing is a disgusting occupation.

From Project Gutenberg

It was already slushy about the doors, semi-transparent under eaves and branches.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the hollows contained water from thawed snow, and in others there was a treacherous crust which hid a slushy pool.

From Project Gutenberg