mashed potato

mashed potato

See also: Mashed Potato

English

Noun

mashed potato (countable and uncountable, plural mashed potatoes)

1. Potato that has been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency.
2. A dance move of the 1960s. It begins by stepping backward with one foot with that heel tilted inward. The foot is positioned slightly behind the other (stationary) foot. With the weight on the ball of the starting foot, the heel is then swivelled outward. The same process is repeated with the other foot.

Translations

potato that has been boiled and mashed — See also translations at mashed potatoes

Chinese: Cantonese: 薯蓉 (syu4 jung4) Mandarin: 薯泥 (shǔní), 土豆泥 (tǔdòuní), (Hong Kong) 薯蓉 (shǔróng), 洋芋泥 (yángyùní), 馬鈴薯泥 (zh), 马铃薯泥 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔní) Cornish: aval dor brewys m, tetti browys m Finnish: muusattu peruna (potato); perunamuusi (fi) (mash) Irish: brúitín m

Malay: kentang putar Manx: praaseyn broojit m pl Russian: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: buntàta pronn m, brúitín m Welsh: tatws stwnsh f pl