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smush

/smʌʃ/

smush noun: a beaten or pulverized mass.

Noun

smush (plural smushes)

  1. A beaten or pulverized mass.
    • The steamroller left her pie an unrecognizable smush.
  2. An act of crushing or squeezing.
    • Some carriers are taking the smush to new heights. Spirit Airlines, for instance, uses seats on some flights with the backrest permanently set back three inches. Call it, as Spirit does, “prereclined.”2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013

Verb

smush (third-person singular simple present smushes, present participle smushing, simple past and past participle smushed)

  1. (transitive) To mash or push down or in; compress
    • His favorite part of making preserves with his mother was when he got to smush the raw fruit with the pestle.
    • That pulled pork meat was smushed in BBQ sauce.
    Synonyms:
    press
  2. (New-York, US, slang) To engage in intimate contact, especially sexual relations.
    • Exercising can take your smushing to a whole new level. WORK OUT I am not shitting you: experts say exercise can make sex mind-blowing.2011, Jenni Farley, The Rules According to JWOWW
    Synonyms:
    go to bed with

Synonyms of smush

Forms of smush

Noun
pluralsmushes
alternative formsmoosh
Verb
third-person singular presentsmushes
present participlesmushing
past participlesmushed
pastsmushed

Origin of smush

Possibly blend of smash + mush.

Words formed from smush

Phrases with smush

Words that rhyme with smush

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Questions about smush

What does smush mean?
Smush means a beaten or pulverized mass.
What part of speech is smush?
Smush can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce smush?
Smush is pronounced /smʌʃ/.
What is the plural of smush?
The plural of smush is smushes.

Words near smush in the dictionary

  1. smurred
  2. smurring
  3. smurry
  4. smurs
  5. smurves
  6. smush
  7. smush name
  8. smush names
  9. smushed
  10. smushes
  11. smushing

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