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mush

Pronunciation: (mush or, esp. for 2–5, moosh), [key]
—n.
1. meal, esp. cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying.
2. any thick, soft mass.
3. mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.
4. anything unpleasantly or contemptibly lacking in coherence, force, dignity, etc.: His entire argument was simply mush.

—v.t.
to squeeze or crush; crunch: to mush all the candy together in a sticky ball.

mush

Pronunciation: (mush), [key]
—v.i.
to go or travel, esp. over snow with a dog team and sled.

—v.t.
to drive or spur on (sled dogs or a sled drawn by dogs).

—interj.
go! (used as an order to start or speed up a dog team)

—n.
a trip or journey, esp. across snow and ice with a dog team.

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