Meaning & use
Masher
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A kitchen tool used to crush or pulp soft food, such as a potato masher.
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She used a masher to turn the boiled potatoes into a smooth mash.
The recipe calls for pressing the ripe bananas with a masher before mixing them into the batter.
A note on using this word
In early twentieth-century slang, 'masher' also described a man who aggressively flirted with women in public, a sense now considered dated.
Another way to use it
2. noun
A man who makes unwelcome, aggressive advances toward women (dated slang).
The film's villain is portrayed as a smooth-talking masher who preys on unsuspecting women.
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