Mushed vs Smushed - What's the difference?

mushed | smushed |

As verbs the difference between mushed and smushed

is that mushed is (mush) while smushed is (smush).

mushed

English

Verb

(head)

(mush)

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

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

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smushed
English

Verb
(head)
(smush)

smush
English

Alternative forms
* smoosh
Noun
(smushes)
A beaten or pulverized mass.

An act of crushing or squeezing.

* 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/on-jammed-jets-sardines-turn-on-one-another.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):

*:Some carriers are taking the smush to new heights. Spirit Airlines, for instance, uses seats on some flights with the backrest permanently set back three inches. Call it, as Spirit does, “prereclined.”

Verb
(es)
to mash; or push; especially to push down or in; compress

(slang, New York, US) To engage in intimate contact, especially sexual relations.

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