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Mush vs Suppawn - What's the difference?

mush | suppawn |

As nouns the difference between mush and suppawn

is that mush is a mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance while suppawn is a porridge made from cornmeal; hasty pudding; mush.

As a verb mush

is to squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.

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)
  • (uncountable) A mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
    • Mom said to add the potatoes to the mush .

    Verb

  • To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
    • He mushed the ingredients together.

    Derived terms

    * apple-mush * mushy

    See also

    * mash * moosh

    Etymology 2

    Simple contraction of mushroom.

    Noun

    (mushes)
  • (Quebecois English, slang) magic mushrooms
    • Synonyms
    * shroom (slang)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) muos and (etyl) , or any thick preparation of fruit.

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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.

    • 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)
  • A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.
    • When the lone cowboy saw the Indians, he yelled mush , cha, giddyup!

    Noun

    (mushes)
  • A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.

    • Verb

  • To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
  • To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
  • * 1910 , Jack London,
    • 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)
  • (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/]
    • Synonyms
    * (form of address to a man) mate (UK), pal (especially US) * (the face) mug

    References

    * Take Our Word for It Issue 101, accessed on 2005-05-09

    Etymology 6

    Compare (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms English intransitive verbs English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    suppawn

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US) A porridge made from cornmeal; hasty pudding; mush.
  • * 1809 , , Book VI, Chapter V,
    • First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn , or mush and milk.
  • * 1829 July—October, The Westminster Review , Volume XI,
    • In the shape of porridge'' the corn is called ''suppawn''''': Mr. Cobbett informs us, with the amusing particularity of a happy egotist, of the manner in which he feeds his family upon '''''suppawn , and other substantial meats ;.
  • * 1948 , Ernest Ludlow Bogart, Peacham: The Story of a Vermont Hill Town , pages 68-69,
    • Corn was roasted or boiled on the ear ; soaked or boiled in lye and hulls removed, the whole kernels were served; it was eaten with milk as hominy, samp, or suppawn . Ground into meal, it appeared in a variety of forms, as porridge, hasty pudding, pone, and later as Indian pudding, which was cooked with molasses and was a favorite dish.