masher
One who, or that which, mashesOne who, or that which, mashes.
» Yanni smashed the figs with a potato masher.
Значение
значений: 4One who, or that which, mashes.
A machine for making mash.
(устаревшее, разговорное)A fashionable man.
(Австралия, Канада, США, устаревшее)A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway.
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
Примеры
предложений: 4Yanni smashed the figs with a potato masher.
Ziri mashed the medlars with a potato masher.
Yanni mashed the fig pieces with a potato masher.
To make fig jam, Yanni mashed the figs with a potato masher.
Переводы
языков: 2Происхождение
From mash + -er. Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likeFrom mash + -er.
Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s.
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Формы
мн. число: mashersСинонимы
синонимов: 42- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women:wolfwoman chaserskirt chaser