Meaning & use

Ricers

noun·Everyday

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Kitchen tools used to press soft cooked food, such as potatoes, through small holes to produce a fine, rice-like texture.

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She used one of the ricers to make perfectly smooth mashed potatoes.

Professional kitchens often keep several ricers on hand for large batches of puree.

A note on using this word

In car enthusiast slang, 'ricer' (plural 'ricers') also refers, often disparagingly, to a car with excessive cosmetic modifications but little real performance gain.

Another way to use it

2. noun

Informal slang for cars, typically Asian imports, modified with flashy but largely cosmetic parts.

The parking lot was full of ricers with oversized spoilers and loud exhausts.

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