Mush vs Mosh - What's the difference?
mush | mosh |
(uncountable) A mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
(Quebecois English, slang) magic mushrooms
A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
(rural USA) cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.
A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
* 1910 , Jack London,
(British, primarily Southern England, slang) A form of address to a man.
:* "'Oy, mush ! Get out of it!'
That's what we'd say
Barging the locals
Out of the way"
— MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME'', ''Peculiar Poems , [http://www.jclamb.com/]
:* "When I'm around it's not uncommon for someone to call me and say :'Oy mush , get your bum over here and give us a hand.'" — THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: In Which King Arthur Uther Pendragon Grants An Interview [http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html]
(British, primarily Northern England, slang) The face
:* "My ugly mush finally found its way onto the www, but not in the manner to which I deserved." — [http://owlfarm.pmgr.net/aspen/hst16.htm]
:* 2002:"I grew my face fungus to cover up an ugly mush ." — [http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=809]
:* "and your bird has an ugly mush " — [http://b3ta.com/board/archive/21323/]
To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
* 2005 July 28, Kelefa Sanneh, “Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody”, New York Times
To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.
In intransitive terms the difference between mush and mosh
is that mush is to walk, especially across the snow with dogs while mosh is to dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.In transitive terms the difference between mush and mosh
is that mush is to notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp while mosh is to intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.As verbs the difference between mush and mosh
is that mush is to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else while mosh is to dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.As a noun mush
is a mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.As an interjection mush
is a directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.As a proper noun Mush
is a historically Armenian city in the Turuberan province of Greater Armenia, now in eastern Turkey.mush
English
Etymology 1
Probably a variant of mash, or from a dialectal variant of (etyl) mos . See also .Noun
(mushes)- Mom said to add the potatoes to the mush .
Verb
- He mushed the ingredients together.
Derived terms
* apple-mush * mushySee also
* mash * mooshEtymology 2
Simple contraction of mushroom.Noun
(mushes)Synonyms
* shroom (slang)Etymology 3
From (etyl) muos and (etyl) , or any thick preparation of fruit.Noun
(-)Etymology 4
Believed to be a contraction of mush on, in turn a corruption of (etyl) , the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.Interjection
(en interjection)- When the lone cowboy saw the Indians, he yelled mush , cha, giddyup!
Noun
(mushes)Verb
- Together the two men loaded and lashed the sled. They warmed their hands for the last time, pulled on their mittens, and mushed the dogs over the bank and down to the river-trail.
Etymology 5
From (etyl) .Noun
(mushes)That's what we'd say
Barging the locals
Out of the way"
— MAUREEN AND DOREEN AND NOREEN AND ME'', ''Peculiar Poems , [http://www.jclamb.com/]
Synonyms
* (form of address to a man) mate (UK), pal (especially US) * (the face) mugReferences
*Take Our Word for ItIssue 101, accessed on 2005-05-09
Etymology 6
Compare (etyl) .Verb
mosh
English
Verb
(es)- From 9 in the morning (when It Dies Today played the lot) until 9 at night (when Ozzy Osbourne led on the main stage), hardy fans cheered and moshed and staggered through a stifling but often exciting day.