From Middle English mash, from Old English mǣsċ, māsċ, māx, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare meischen, maischen (“to mash, wash”)), Swedish mäsk (“mash”), and to Old English miscian (“to mix”). See mix.
Meanings
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
(countable, uncountable) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
(UK, countable, uncountable) Mashed potatoes.
(countable, uncountable) A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A mess; trouble.
For your vows and oaths, Or I doubt mainly, I shall be i' the mash " too 1609–1612, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Captaine”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
de Maische (in brewing) · hu püré (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu takarmánykeverék (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · sv mäsk (in brewing) · de Brei (a mass of mixed ingredients) · cy llith (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · es mezcla (a mass of mixed ingredients) · fr maische (in brewing) · fr purée (a mass of mixed ingredients) · pl zacier (in brewing) · da grød (a mass of mixed ingredients) · pl miazga (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu kása (a mass of mixed ingredients) · bg корм (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · la farrago (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · nb stappe (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu malátalé (in brewing) · nn stappe (a mass of mixed ingredients) · ro piure (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu zúzalék (a mass of mixed ingredients) · sv mos (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu pempő (a mass of mixed ingredients) · mi pāhia (a mass of mixed ingredients) · da mæsk (in brewing) · de Futterbrei (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · no mos (a mass of mixed ingredients) · fr brassin (in brewing) · sv gröt (a mass of mixed ingredients) · la intrīta (a mass of mixed ingredients) · de Mus (a mass of mixed ingredients) · fi mäski (in brewing) · ro pireu (a mass of mixed ingredients) · bg пюре (a mass of mixed ingredients) · lt misa (in brewing) · pdt Brie (a mass of mixed ingredients) · cs kaše (a mass of mixed ingredients) · fr mash (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · es puré (a mass of mixed ingredients) · nb grøt (a mass of mixed ingredients) · fi muusi (a mass of mixed ingredients) · bg каша (a mass of mixed ingredients) · eo majŝo (in brewing) · fr empâtage (in brewing) · es amasijo (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · bg ярма (a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals) · es malta remojada (in brewing) · fi sose (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu cefre (in brewing) · ru пюре́ (a mass of mixed ingredients) · mi kōhari (a mass of mixed ingredients) · hu pép (a mass of mixed ingredients)
From Middle English mashen, maschen, meshen, from Old English *māsċan, *mǣsċan, from Proto-Germanic *maiskijaną. Cognate with German maischen. Compare also Middle Low German meskewert, mēschewert (“beerwort”).
Meanings
(transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
We had fun mashing apples in a mill.
The potatoes need to be mashed.
(transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
(Northern-England, UK, Yorkshire, qualifier:Lancashire, transitive) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
He took the kettle off the fire and mashed the tea. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
(ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
to mash on a bicycle pedal
(Southern-US, informal, transitive) To press.
(archaic, intransitive) To act violently.
(informal, transitive) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
ru превращать в пюре (convert (something) into a mash) · nb meske (to steep grains in brewing) · nrf hadgi (convert (something) into a mash) · es pistar (convert (something) into a mash) · sv mosa (press down hard on (something)) · es convertir en puré (convert (something) into a mash) · no mosa (convert (something) into a mash) · fi muusata (convert (something) into a mash) · el λιώνω (convert (something) into a mash) · mi whakapē (convert (something) into a mash) · es hacer puré (convert (something) into a mash) · es machacar (convert (something) into a mash) · pt amassar (convert (something) into a mash) · es majar (convert (something) into a mash) · ba баҫыу (press down hard on (something)) · fi painaa (press (something)) · fi mäskätä (to steep grains in brewing) · cy potsio (convert (something) into a mash) · fi soseuttaa (convert (something) into a mash) · cy stwnsio (convert (something) into a mash) · ba иҙеү (convert (something) into a mash) · fr empâter (to steep grains in brewing) · es volver en puré (convert (something) into a mash) · hu összetör (convert (something) into a mash) · bg смачквам (convert (something) into a mash) · hu összezúz (convert (something) into a mash) · as পিটিক (convert (something) into a mash) · fi puristaa (press (something)) · fi survoa (press down hard on (something)) · fi survoa (convert (something) into a mash) · ru дави́ть (press (something)) · mi kōrapu (convert (something) into a mash) · ru надави́ть (press down hard on (something)) · de zerstampfen (convert (something) into a mash) · ba баҫыу (press (something)) · ba баҫҡылау (press (a button) repeatedly) · sv mosa (convert (something) into a mash) · cy brecáu (to steep grains in brewing) · mi kōhari (convert (something) into a mash) · fr tremper (to steep grains in brewing) · pt triturar (convert (something) into a mash) · cy pwyo (press down hard on (something)) · cy macsu (to steep grains in brewing) · mi penupenu (convert (something) into a mash) · fi survaista (press down hard on (something)) · hu zúz (convert (something) into a mash) · el πολτοποιώ (convert (something) into a mash) · mi pehu (convert (something) into a mash) · de mischen (convert (something) into a mash) · ru пюрировать (convert (something) into a mash) · sco champ (convert (something) into a mash) · fr écraser (press down hard on (something)) · fi muhentaa (convert (something) into a mash) · cmn 搗碎 /捣碎 (convert (something) into a mash) · sv mosa (press (something)) · cs rmutovat (to steep grains in brewing) · bg скашквам (convert (something) into a mash) · fi rämpyttää (press (a button) repeatedly) · cs rmutovat (convert (something) into a mash) · ru дави́ть (press down hard on (something)) · fr écraser (convert (something) into a mash) · es hacer en puré (convert (something) into a mash) · sco pran (convert (something) into a mash)
Either by analogy with mash (“to press, to soften”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally used as mash, or a backformation from masher, from masha. Leland writes of the etymology:
: It was introduced by the well-known gypsy family of actors, C., among whom Romany was habitually spoken. The word “masher” or “mash” means in that tongue to allure, delude, or entice. It was doubtless much aided in its popularity by its quasi-identity with the English word. But there can be no doubt as to the gypsy origin of “mash” as used on the stage. I am indebted for this information to the late well-known impresario [Albert Marshall] Palmer of New York, and I made a note of it years before the term had become at all popular.
Meanings
(obsolete) An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
(obsolete) A dandy, a masher.
(obsolete) The object of one’s affections (regardless of sex).
Either by analogy with mash (“to press, to soften”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally used as mash, or a backformation from masher, from masha. Leland writes of the etymology:
: It was introduced by the well-known gypsy family of actors, C., among whom Romany was habitually spoken. The word “masher” or “mash” means in that tongue to allure, delude, or entice. It was doubtless much aided in its popularity by its quasi-identity with the English word. But there can be no doubt as to the gypsy origin of “mash” as used on the stage. I am indebted for this information to the late well-known impresario [Albert Marshall] Palmer of New York, and I made a note of it years before the term had become at all popular.
Meanings
To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
“What's the yarn about your mashing a Miss Haverley up there? Not serious, I hope?” 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 143:
Mostly clipping of machine gun, but also for imitative reasons, compare the gun-names mop and broom; intentionally chosen around 2000 due to its homonymy and obscurity for legal reasons.
Meanings
(Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang) A gun.
This mash works but I don't know about yours […] Better hope your mash don't jam, bare ping ping like a BB […] I see a boy run with his mash, I see a boy run with his jooka […] Don't talk about mashes, we've lost about ten I know about cookers 2016, “Skeng Man”, Various performers of 67 (lyrics):
Close man’s eyes, make them look Chinese
Or do it like tits when the mash gets squeezed
When we squeeze that mash,
tell your boy don’t dash
Me I just want cash
But if they want war let’s leave it at dat 2021 October 19, “Exciting Freestyle”, 🇮🇪 #D15 Trigz (lyrics):
If the mash empty, tell boy reload it 2023 August 24, “Dri-Fit”, SWiTCH (lyrics)GRM Daily, 0:54:
Rise that heater, tap that mash
They don't come outside their flats
Decamp, decamp, aim this toolie at your hat
They piss us off on Snap, so we rise up and load them straps 2020 July 2, “Stop Check”, Td of TPL (lyrics):
Shoot my gun like Tommy Shеlby
If I get close ching him out of his LVs
Slimey as fuck, man took that mash
Probably takе that grub that he sell me (Take that) 2023 September 28, “Block Boy”, #Sinsquad Stewie (lyrics), 0:47: