slushy

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adjective

ˈslə-shē 

slushier; slushiest

: being, involving, or resembling slush: such as

a

: full of or covered with slush

slushy streets

b

: made up of or having the consistency of slush

slushy snow

c

: having a cheaply sentimental quality

a slushy novel

slushiness noun

slushy

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noun

ˈslə-shē 

variants or slushie or less commonly slushee

plural slushies also slushees

: a drink made of flavored ice crystals

a lemon slushy

For breakfast this morning she had a frozen strawberry slushie.

—David Samuels

When the Skowhegan Fair is over, everyone is dizzy from the rides, everyone has slushies smeared on their shirts, and everyone is very, very satisfied.

—New England Monthly

Synonyms

Adjective

• miry
• mucky
• muddy
• oozy
• slimy
• sludgy

Examples of slushy in a Sentence

Adjective

the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse

slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

This churning involves the storms dredging up ammonia in some places and hurling it far into the Jovian depths as slushy hailstones in others. —Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025

Marginally cold air should limit snow accumulation to just a few slushy inches across some of the highest elevations. —Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025

Shiffrin jumped out of the gate and deftly cut through the increasingly slushy course at the Sun Valley Resort, where the adoring crowd could be seen and heard up at the slalom starting gate. —Zack Pierce, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Another post showed Perez wearing a paper crown and sipping a slushy. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

slush entry 1 + -y

First Known Use

Adjective

1791, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slushy

• brushy
• mushy

Kids Definition

slushy

adjective

ˈsləsh-ē 

slushier; slushiest

: full of or resembling slush

a slushy road