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mush2

Pronunciation: /mʌʃ/

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Definition of mush

verb

[no object]
  • go on a journey across snow with a dog sled:they got into the sleigh and mushed over the ice and snow
  • [with object] urge on (the dogs) during a journey with a dog sled: McDowell mushed a dog team the eighty miles to Aklavik

exclamation

  • a command urging on dogs pulling a sled during a journey across snow.

noun

  • a journey across snow with a dog sled: a twelve-day mush for men and dogs over the frozen subarctic prairie

Origin:

mid 19th century: probably an alteration of French marchez! or marchons!, imperatives of marcher 'to advance'

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