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
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
David SamuelsWhen 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
New England MonthlyExamples 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
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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
This could lead to low visibilities and slushy roads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The floors underneath a slushy machine, below equipment at the drive-through, near the washing machine and below a carbon dioxide tank in a downstairs storage room had build-up of old food, debris and dirt.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
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
This could lead to low visibilities and slushy roads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The floors underneath a slushy machine, below equipment at the drive-through, near the washing machine and below a carbon dioxide tank in a downstairs storage room had build-up of old food, debris and dirt.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Slushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slushy. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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