different between mash vs masc

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?sh, IPA^(key): /mæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English mash, from Old English m?s?-, m?s?-, m?x-, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maisk? (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey?-, *mey?- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare meischen, maischen (“to mash, wash”)), Swedish mäsk (“mash”), and to Old English miscian (“to mix”). See mix.

Noun

mash (countable and uncountable, plural mashes)

1. (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
2. (brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
3. Mashed potatoes.
4. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
5. (obsolete) A mess; trouble.

   • For your vows and oaths, Or I doubt mainly, I shall be i' the mash " too

6. (countable, MLE, slang) A gun.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:firearm

Derived terms

• bangers and mash
• instant mash
• mash tun
• mash vat
• monster mash

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English mashen, maschen, meshen, from Old English *m?s?an, *m?s?an, from Proto-Germanic *maiskijan?. Cognate with German maischen. Compare also Middle Low German meskewert, m?schewert (“beerwort”).

Verb

mash (third-person singular simple present mashes, present participle mashing, simple past and past participle mashed)

1. (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure

   We had fun mashing apples in a mill.

   The potatoes need to be mashed.

2. (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To press down hard (on).

   to mash on a bicycle pedal

4. (transitive, Southern US, informal) To press. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (transitive, Britain, chiefly Northern England) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10

     He took the kettle off the fire and mashed the tea.

6. (intransitive, archaic) To act violently.

Derived terms

• mashing
• mashed potato, mashed potatoes
• mashup

Translations

Etymology 3

See mesh.

Noun

mash (plural mashes)

1. (obsolete) A mesh.

Etymology 4

Either by analogy with mash (“to press, to soften”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally used as mash, or a backformation from masher, from masha. Leland writes of the etymology:

It was introduced by the well-known gypsy family of actors, C., among whom Romany was habitually spoken. The word “masher” or “mash” means in that tongue to allure, delude, or entice. It was doubtless much aided in its popularity by its quasi-identity with the English word. But there can be no doubt as to the gypsy origin of “mash” as used on the stage. I am indebted for this information to the late well-known impresario [Albert Marshall] Palmer of New York, and I made a note of it years before the term had become at all popular.

Verb

mash (third-person singular simple present mashes, present participle mashing, simple past and past participle mashed)

1. to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances

Noun

mash (plural mashes)

1. (obsolete) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy
2. (obsolete) a dandy, a masher
3. (obsolete) the object of one’s affections (either sex)

Derived terms

• mash note
• masher

Translations

References

Anagrams

• AMHS, HMAS, HSAM, Hams, MHAs, MSHA, Mahs, SAHM, Sahm, Sham, hams, sham

English

Etymology

Clipping of masculine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsk/
• IPA^(key): /m??sk/ (parts of UK)
• Homophones: mask, masque (some accents)
• Rhymes: -æsk

Adjective

masc (comparative more masc, superlative most masc)

1. (colloquial) Masculine (having qualities stereotypically associated with men; virile).

   Synonym: butch

   Antonym: fem

Noun

masc (plural mascs)

1. (LGBT) A person whose gender (identity) is masculine (but who is not necessarily a man).
   • 2018, Quinn Eades, Son Vivienne, Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No': One year on: writings from the marriage equality postal survey, Brow Books (?ISBN):

     Then there's trans men and non-binary mascs, who can change their birth certificates to MALE after breast removal surgery. […]

   • 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (?ISBN), page 140:

     In other words, it's a queer space for all men, and women who are trans. Anyone who is read as a cis woman (e.g., lots of trans men and trans mascs) is not welcomed. Grindr has popularized the terms “discreet,” “straight-passing,” and “convincing” within gay culture.

Coordinate terms

• femme

Anagrams

• ACMs, ACSM, CAMs, CASM, CSMA, MACs, Macs, SMAC, cams, macs, scam

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mask?, from Proto-Germanic *maskw? (“mask”).

Alternative forms

• max

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Noun

mas? n

1. net

Declension

Descendants

• English: mesh

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *maisk, Proto-Germanic *maisk? (“mixture, mash”).

Alternative forms

• m?x, m?s?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???/

Noun

m?s? n

1. mash

Declension

Usage notes

• Attested only in compounds.

Descendants

• English: mash