1. kitchen tools used for crushing or mashing food, especially potatoes
2. men who make unwanted romantic advances toward women
Usage: dated; informal

Examples

• She bought two new potato mashers for the restaurant kitchen.
• The mashers made quick work of the cooked vegetables.
• These stainless steel mashers are dishwasher safe.
• The old-fashioned mashers worked better than the electric ones.
• In the 1920s, young women complained about mashers bothering them on the street.
• The term ‘mashers’ for persistent suitors fell out of common use decades ago.