smush

or smoosh

[ smoosh ]

/ smʊʃ /

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verb (used with object) Informal.

to mash or push, especially to push down or in; compress: to smush a pie in someone's face.

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Origin of smush

1910–15; probably blend of smash and mush¹

Words nearby smush

smuggery, smuggle, smugly, smur, smurfing, smush, smut, smutch, smutchy, Smuts, smutty

How to use smush in a sentence

I attempted to smush the foil around as much as possible, at one point sticking wooden toothpicks through the foil into the mushrooms so I could be assured there was always contact.
I Nearly Set My House on Fire Trying to Make the Lightning Mushroom From ‘Ratatouille’|Jaya Saxena|September 27, 2021|Eater
Tech companies think it sounds cool to smush words together.
What’s So Smart About SmartGlass? 15 Questions|Alex Klein|June 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mike, "The Situation" Jersey Shore smush (v.)—to have sex with, ideally involving a guido and a guidette.
The Real Jersey Dictionary|Jaimie Etkin|August 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Smush, used contemptuously for the mouth, a hairy mouth:—'I don't like your ugly smush.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

Why, it's as good as smush even to know that any one is thinking of you kindly, let alone doing things.
The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice|E. V. Lucas
In the morning, after a breakfast of smush, they climbed on the monster's back and started for the city at a good swinging pace.
The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice|E. V. Lucas
And to be the grandfather of such bricks ought to be as good as smush and a perpetual delight.
The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice|E. V. Lucas
Smush was at this instant emerging from the back parlor with a tray of colored fluids for the dancers.
Confessions Of Con Cregan|Charles James Lever