as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
a would-be masher who was more pathetic than anything else
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Recent Examples of masher
The one cup of white beans can be mashed in a food processor instead of with a potato masher or spatula.
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Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Purée the wedges in a food processor, blender, hand mixer or with a potato masher.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
And Samuel Basallo has come up from Triple-A, signed a long-term contract extension (8 years, $67 million), and looked like a masher.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Directions In a large bowl gently press the avocado and Greek yogurt with a potato masher or fork until coarsely mashed.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
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Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Purée the wedges in a food processor, blender, hand mixer or with a potato masher.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
And Samuel Basallo has come up from Triple-A, signed a long-term contract extension (8 years, $67 million), and looked like a masher.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Directions In a large bowl gently press the avocado and Greek yogurt with a potato masher or fork until coarsely mashed.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masher
Noun
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Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Season 3 found Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) in a friends-to-lovers arc with neighbor Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), who’d harbored a crush on him for years.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, star-crossed lovers Ellen (Harriet Slater) and Brian (Jamie Roy) managed to plot an escape of their own — but not before getting some major blood on their hands.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Masher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masher. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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