mash
Regional
- Meaning
- To press (a button, a pedal).
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Appalachia, Deep South
What does “mash” mean
In much of the South, "mash" means to press something briefly. "Mash the elevator button" or "mash the gas." Outside the South the verb mostly means to crush (mashed potatoes).