#mushroom

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  1. mush: [App. var. of MASH n.1] 1 Porridge; spec. maize porridge, maize meal boiled in water until it thickens (freq. in mush and milk).
  2. Chiefly N. Amer. A soft pulpy or formless mass; soft pulp; slush. Also (dial.), something reduced to or resembling a mass of powder.
  3. Feeble sentimentality, (sentimental) nonsense. The mouth, the face. slang.
  4. Radio. Noise or distortion in the form of a hissing or rushing sound, esp. as a result of interference between transmitters.
  5. Surfing. The foam produced when a wave breaks.
  6. An umbrella. Chiefly in mush-faker, = mushroom-faker
  7. An owner-driver of a cab; a cab-driver who owns one, two, or three cabs.
  8. N. Amer. A journey made through snow with a dog-sledge.
  9. Military slang. Also moosh, A guardroom, a cell; a military prison.
  10. A man, a fellow. Also used as a form of address.
  11. A Moustache
  12. Crush, pulverize, crumble; (now usu.) reduce to soft pulp.
  13. Of an aircraft: fly sluggishly, almost stalling or stalling repeatedly; lose or maintain altitude when a gain is expected.
  14. Sink in or into a soft surface.
  15. Kiss, esp. in public.
  16. North. American. [Alt. of French marchez (imper.) or marchons (3rd person pl. subjunct.), forms of marcher MARCH v.2] Travel through snow with a dog-sledge; (of dogs) pull a sledge.
  17. In imper. Keep moving! go on! (a command to dogs pulling a sledge).
  18. Travel on foot through snow or ice.
  19. Urge on or drive (dogs) through snow.
  20. Transport by dog-sledge. M20.
  21. mush-head slang a person lacking in firmness, a feebly sentimental person
  22. mush ice partly frozen water, ice mixed with water.

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