<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A meal, especially cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying.</li><li>Any thick, soft mass.</li><li>Mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.</li><li>Anything unpleasantly or contemptibly lacking in coherence, force, dignity, etc.: His entire argument was simply mush.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To squeeze or crush; compress: to mush all the candy together in a sticky ball.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Smush, mash.</li></ul>