mashed

American

[masht] / mæʃt /

noun

Informal.

mashed potatoes.

The pork chop comes with string beans and mashed.

mashed British

/ mæʃt /

adjective

slang intoxicated; drunk

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Other Word Forms

unmashed adjective

Etymology

Origin of mashed

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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And catcher Cal Raleigh, who mashed 60 home runs last season, went 0 for 9 in the tournament and wound up on the bench.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I order fried vendace rolled in rye flour, mashed potatoes beside it, and a local IPA.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

There’s so much going on, it’s as if three or four films had been mashed into one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

A recent unexpected gift from outside the city was hundreds of packets of instant mashed potato from Idahoan Foods, after Kellond met a manager of the firm at the Good Food Show in Birmingham.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

“Those will be the best mashed potatoes you ever put in your mouth,” she snapped at anyone who raised an eyebrow at me mashing the potatoes.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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