verb
General Slang
mash
· verb · mle
To destroy, wreck or batter something. Also: exhausted, wrecked.
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Definitions
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To destroy, wreck or batter something. Cars get mashed in crashes, opponents get mashed in a fight, a phone screen gets mashed when you drop it.
“He mashed the front of his whip reversing into a bollard.”
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2
Exhausted, drained, wrecked — said about yourself after a long day, a big night or a brutal gym session.
“I'm mashed, going straight to bed when I touch yard.”
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Drunk or high — properly out of it. Same logic as the second sense, applied to substances.
“He was mashed by 10pm, couldn't even stand.”
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mash In A Sentence
He mashed the front of his whip reversing into a bollard.
I'm mashed, going straight to bed when I touch yard.
He was mashed by 10pm, couldn't even stand.
Origin & Usage
From Jamaican Patois 'mash up' (to destroy/break), which entered London road slang via the Caribbean diaspora. The 'tired' and 'intoxicated' senses are British extensions of the same image — to be in the state of something that's been mashed.
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