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Definition of mashnext
as in crush
a strong but often short-lived liking for another person she's usually got a mash on moviedom's hunk du jour

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as in to squeeze
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of this press can mash 10 bushels of apples at a time

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as in to crush
to cause to become a pulpy mass mash the ripe banana before adding it to the mixture

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Noun
Like so much of language, serviceberry’s origins are a mish-mash of a few different things, mutated over time. Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 Arabella’s Cocktail Salon, an intimate 25-seat bar on the hotel’s first floor, is a jewel box, a mish-mash of styles and references that somehow feel part of a whole. Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 July 2026
Verb
The outrage last night over Bryson mashing down the wheat field behind his ball was hilarious. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 It’s felt like a time to get away from the more difficult parts of the whole world being mashed together and talking to each other all the time, and to enjoy the better parts of the world being put together, and talking to each other all the time. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mash
Noun
  • Cole, who helps manage services for unhoused students districtwide, made sure this week that all was ready for the crush of children.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In real-life, Nancy was more than a crush and had been dating Bourdain on and off for years.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Cheap electric cars dominate one end of the market, Tesla occupies the premium end, and the middle is getting squeezed.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Washington is trying to choke Iran's ability to get its crude out while Tehran is squeezing the artery through which everybody else's crude gets through.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The biggest fear for people who want to see books preserved through the training process is that AI firms will callously pulp rare books that can never be replaced.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images The tank was designed to hold 900,000 gallons of a hazardous chemical known as white liquor, a chemical brew that contains sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate and is used in the paper-pulping process, officials have said.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 May 2026
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  • More than 20,000 county residents signed a petition to bring the issue to voters in a ballot question in November, but the Maryland Supreme Court squashed it, citing legal problems with the question.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Susan Sarandon and Martin Scorsese try and fail to squash the beef between their children in the latest social media sketch from Jack Henry Robbins and Francesca Scorsese, Variety can exclusively reveal.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mash. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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