meal, esp. 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.

any thick, soft mass.

mawkish sentimentality or amorousness.

anything unpleasantly or contemptibly lacking in coherence, force, dignity, etc.

His entire argument was simply mush.

to squeeze or crush; crunch

to mush all the candy together in a sticky ball.

noun

bathos , maudlinism , mawkishness , sentimentalism , amorousness , cornmeal , crush , drivel , flattery , goo , journey , march , porridge , pudding , sentimentality , slush , travel , trek

verb

mash , pulp , squash