hoosh

hooshnoun

• 1

  A whooshing sound.

  • From downstairs we heard a hoosh as the boiler started. The pipes clanked a little while Frankie B talked more about his trip.
• 2

  historicalA stew made from pemmican or other meat, thickened with biscuit.

  • Christmas Day was spent at this camp, and, as was the case with the other sledging expeditions that were out at the time, a special feast was provided. For breakfast they had hoosh, sardines in tomato sauce and raisins; for lunch Garibaldi biscuits and jelly; and for dinner potted boneless chicken and a small plum pudding.
  • They are magnificent animals, averaging 80 lbs. in weight, with a wonderful capacity for endurance in intense cold on very little food. Four such dogs with three men have hauled a load of 1,380 lbs. over soft snow ay 10 miles a day for many weeks. Their staple food was 1½ lbs. of Spratt's cod liver oil biscuits per day; this ration, with a hot hoosh every three days, keeping them in splendid health.

hooshverb

• 1

  To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.