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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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verb

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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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Recent Examples of mash
Noun
For the same price as a pie and mash, young people are choosing to spend their lunch money in chains like Greggs and Pret a Manger. Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 6 Feb. 2026 That one features a chicken filet with lettuce, tomato, avocado mash, bacon and cayenne ranch. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant. Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026 With the team already mashing the Philadelphia 76ers, Jose Alvarado raced down the court. Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mash
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Noun
  • Early versions of the film showed a future Elio raising a son who develops a male crush.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2026
  • About two dozen others were struck by gunfire, nearly half of whom were children under 16 years old, and about 60 others were injured in the crowd crush during the mass panic and stampede that followed.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.
    Bradley Schnell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The proprietary alkaline pulping method used to produce its lyocell is cleaner and more efficient than traditional chemical approaches, lowering the environmental footprint from the start while improving production efficiency.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Here, traditional saa paper is made by hand from the bark of mulberry trees: soaked, pulped, and pressed into delicate sheets embedded with local flowers and leaves.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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  • The internet isn't ready to squash the CEO beef quite yet.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The state also managed to squash the once $6 billion shortfall for 2028-29 that is now standing at a $377 surplus — a surplus state budget officials cautioned could easily turn back into a deficit.
    Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mash. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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