slush up

slush up

1. Of snow or ice, to melt partially, becoming sloppy and wet in the process. The ice along the river began slushing up as the cold snap finally subsided.
2. To cause something to turn into slush. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slush" and "up." I like to freeze fruit juice in ice cube trays, then put them in the blender and slush them up with some fresh fruit and yogurt. The warm sun began immediately slushing up the snow in the front yard.
3. To cover or splatter something with slush. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slush" and "up." Would you go out and scrape the melted snow off the windscreen for me? I don't want to slush up my new suede boots. The workers slushed my floor up as they trudged in and out of the house in their work boots.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slush up

to become messy with slush. As the winter storm increases in intensity, the roads will slush up and become impassable. After an hour of snow and rain, the roads were so slushed up that we could not travel.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

slush up

in. to drink liquor; to get drunk. They slushed up for a while and went out to look for some chicks.
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slushed (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. I hate to come home slushed and wake up everybody. I have to sing, you see.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • slushed up
  • be (as) cold as ice
  • cold as ice
  • (as) cold as ice
  • be on ice
  • ice over
  • ice down
  • on ice
  • ice cube
  • ice up
References in periodicals archive
Therefore, waves of greater amplitude--often non-locally generated swell waves--are required to overcome the inertia conferred by the presence of the slush layer, lifting the slush up and pushing it to the shore, where it will start to pile up.
Large waves can break through and carry slush up onto the beach, and the action of storm surge can lift and then deposit slush directly onto the beach.