(n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.
(n.) A charmer of women.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the best results, pass the potatoes through a potato ricer or mouli – otherwise, use a standard potato masher.
(2) Add the reserved liquid, lemon juice, cumin, the rest of the oil, three-quarters of a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, and on a medium-high heat warm through for six to seven minutes, crushing the beans slightly with a masher, until the mixture has the consistency of thick porridge.
(3) Depending on how daintily diced your vegetables are, you can either leave them in the gravy, or mash them up a bit with a potato masher and then sieve the gravy into a saucepan for the rest of the cooking.
(4) Photograph: Jordan Hoffman for the Guardian Nearby was a station with a similar concept, a Star Wars-specific version of Hero Mashers , in which you can take component parts and build your own action figure.
(5) Pass the steaming flesh through a ricer if you have one, or use a masher to obtain a smooth paste.
(6) His first directing job, Mission: Impossible III , had not been finished, he had a string of script commissions behind him of variable quality – including Michael Bay's infamous asteroid-masher Armageddon .
(7) Mash together with a masher or fork until you have a smooth thick puree, with a mashed potato consistency.
(8) On the one hand, I was impressed with this opportunity to play in such a free jazz style, but part of me wondered if Hero Mashers wasn’t born of a toy exec spying a bin of discarded doll parts wondering if he couldn’t make a buck out of ’em somehow.
(9) They were quickly alerted to the fact that the Japanese generally do not eat cheese or mashed potatoes during a presentation, leaving the potato masher and grater largely redundant - although the brand has proved particularly successful there and in the US out of the 105 countries they now sell in, mostly through third-party distributors.
(10) Now, whether using fresh or frozen, run a masher over the peas a few times to break them up a bit.
Metrosexual
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) And so, from "stylish metrosexual" Warne we move seamlessly to Piers Morgan.
(2) But when I saw photos of Shane on his way to play golf looking like a model from a 50s catalogue, and when I saw that he'd been described by the Daily Mail as "a smartly dressed metrosexual" – a phrase as ominous from the Daily Mail as "brutally honest" or "plain speaking" – I knew my help was needed.
(3) He has pointed to the rise of the "metrosexual male", with David Beckham as its standard bearer, as evidence that masculinity is becoming unfashionable and "traditional male values, such as courage, risk-taking and singlemindedness can be seen as dysfunctional".
(4) Meanwhile, and a propos of nothing, a word on the The Last Taboo : Loaf around London or any major city in these metrosexual times and it won't be long before you see men doing things that would have outraged, or at least baffled, their forefathers.
(5) He is not just a Notting Hill metrosexual: he also hails from that home counties green Tory tradition that first gave us an Environment Department under the Heath government.
(6) He mended his own clothes and, like today's metrosexual, did his share of the housework.
(7) The metrosexual threw caution to the wind and started carrying his moisturiser round in his manbag; the lumbersexual now serves us up a hypermasculine aesthetic with an unashamedly ironic grin.
(8) Photograph: HBO Feilding: The detective work between Patrick and Kevin shows just how awkward and difficult it can be in this post-gay metrosexual world to determine if a guy is gay or straight.
(9) Perhaps you are expecting the standard American complaints against football: calling it futball , the frantic running, players crying (everyone knows there's no crying in baseball), the aggressive metrosexuality, the low scores, France's participation and, of course, games that simply end in ties.
(10) Heartthrobs are called heartthrobs for a reason Ryan Gosling’s best actor speech saw peak metrosexual pin-up this year: losing nominees Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield shared a snog, while Gosling further confirmed his dreaminess at the podium.
(11) Though there have been many rumblings about the rise of men's style before – particularly during the 1990s, when the term metrosexual gained traction – current trends suggest something more substantial.
(12) ‘Mincing’ down the runway Facebook Twitter Pinterest Though Key said he enjoyed getting in touch with his “metrosexual side” at the time , he later admitted his cringeworthy catwalk display of rugby World Cup merchandise was “probably a bit stupid”.
(13) A " West Coast metrosexual ", said our state's own land commissioner. "
(14) Not about skinning kangaroos for elegant metrosexual accessories.
(15) "I think [David] Beckham's important in all of this, because he's so gay-friendly, he is metrosexual – if one of his boys was gay, it's no big deal.
(16) There's his gentleness, too: the new man, the metrosexual, the doting dad.
(17) Metrosexuality was refreshing because it came at a time when men were struggling to be identified solely by their ability to change a spare tyre, assemble flat-pack furniture or drink a pint of Guinness without the overwhelming urge to be sick in a bush.
(18) Johnston said: "Metrosexuality was more to do with an attitude.
(19) Instead, this so-called reaction to the unashamedly feminine metrosexual seems to me all about playing with gender stereotypes.