Slushie vs. Slush — What's the Difference?

A flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals.

Slush, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals (e.g., snow) and liquid water.In the natural environment, slush forms when ice or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color.

Partially melted snow or ice

Excessive sentiment

Make a squelching or splashing sound

Partially melted snow or ice.

Soft mud; slop; mire.

(Nautical) Grease or fat discarded from a ship's galley.

A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery.

Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel.

A drink made of flavored syrup poured over crushed ice.

(Informal) Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.

To daub (machinery) with slush.

To fill (joints in masonry) with mortar.

(Nautical) To wash down (a deck) by splashing with water.

To splash or soak with slush or mud.

To walk or proceed through slush.

To make a splashing or slushy sound.

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

Liquid mud or mire.

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

(engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.

(publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.

To smear with slushy liquid or grease.

To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Soft mud.

A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Partially melted snow

Make a splashing sound;

Spill or splash copiously or clumsily;