slushie

Meaning

1. 1nouncountableinformal

   A cold sweet drink made of finely crushed ice mixed with flavored syrup, usually drunk through a straw.

   Grammar: Countable: a blue slushie, two slushies.

   Patterns

   • a slushie of some flavor

   We bought a cherry slushie at the gas station.

   The kids ran to the stand for a frozen slushie on the hot afternoon.

   He got brain freeze from drinking his slushie too fast.

Word forms

Common combinations

frozen slushie

A frozen slushie was just what we needed in the heat.

cherry slushie

She stained her shirt with a cherry slushie.

blue raspberry slushie

He ordered a blue raspberry slushie.

slushie machine

The store keeps its slushie machine near the door.

grab a slushie

Let's grab a slushie after the game.

Synonyms and how they differ

slush

Also means melting snow, so slushie is clearer when you mean the drink.

slushy

Is an alternate spelling of the same drink and is also an adjective for anything soft and icy.

frozen drink

Is a broad term that can include blended cocktails, whereas a slushie is a simple icy drink.

Word family

slush noun

partly melted snow or ice

slushy adjective

soft and half-melted, like wet snow

slushiness noun

the quality of being slushy

Commonly confused: slushie or smoothie?

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