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   mush

   /mʌʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a soft, wet, pulpy mass: "red lentils cook quickly and soon turn to mush" Similar pappulpsloppastepureeslushswillmashpomaceinformal:gloopgoogookglop
   • 2. feeble or cloying sentimentality: "the film's not just romantic mush" Similar sentimentalitymawkishnessinformal:schmaltzcornslushhokumsob stuffcheeseslop
   • 3. thick maize porridge. North American

   verb

   • 1. reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass: "I reached over to his plate with my spoon and mushed together his pie with slice of flan"

   Word Origin late 17th century (in mush1 (sense 3 of the noun)): apparently a variant of mash.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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