v. mushed, mush·ing, mush·es v.intr. To travel, especially over snow with a dogsled. v.tr. To drive (a dogsled or team of dogs). n. A journey, especially by dogsled. interj. Used to command a team of dogs to begin pulling or move faster. [Possibly alteration of French marchons, first person pl. imperative of marcher, to walk, go, from Old French; see MARCH1.] musher n. |
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