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DictionarymushSled-dog command
interjection

mush

A command urging sled dogs forward.

Mush, the driver calls to the waiting sled dogs.

Etymology
mushFrenchto march; go

The sledding command is generally traced to French marche, an instruction to go or march. English-speaking drivers adapted it as a short call urging the dogs forward.

More examples

  • She shouted mush as the team started.
  • The old film uses mush to urge the dogs onward.
  • The handler gave the command mush.

Forms

mush