mashed potatoey

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of mashed potato.

Meanings

adjectivemashed potatoey (comparative more mashed potatoey, superlative most mashed potatoey)

comparative more mashed potatoey · superlative most mashed potatoey

  1. Alternative form of mashed-potatoey.
    1. Resembling or characteristic of mashed potato.

      2. Chuck all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz so it has a ‘mashed potatoey’ feel

      2014, Felicity Bertin, Anna Walton, “Weaning and Nutrition”, in Worry-Free Weaning (Yummy Discoveries), London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 157, column 1
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      > >"Potatoey"? > The psychic healing power of stuffing notwithstanding you gotta admit > that it sounds better than stuffingy. Agreed. But in the context you used, what is the connotation of potatoey? Baked potatoey (dry, clotted)? Mashed potatoey (mushy, textureless)? The adjective sounds fascinating, but I don't quite get a sense of how it's used.

      1996 December 2, Noah Singman, “Another unlikely goddess”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023

      He sat at his lonely table, back to the world, and began using his fingers to scoop the mashed potatoey slop into his mouth. The ration was tasteless crap and filet mignon at the same time.

      2002, Randy Boyd, The Devil Inside, Indianapolis, Ind.: West Beach Books, →ISBN, page 134

      So after eating potatoes for each meal the last few days I'm wondering what ingredient I left out that would have had people spurning the turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing and whatnot else and instead had them gorging themselves on pound after pound of mashed potatoey goodness.

      2004 November 28, Dean Lenort, “Potatoes”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023

      Now *this* was a *totally* engaging performance and really caught the mood of the song. Some of the lowest parts were a little weak and there's something garbled in her pronunciation - it's a little mashed potatoey or something.

      2006 March 22, Tzigaane, “Recaps: Finals Week 2, 3/21/2006”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023

      The street lights are off. It’s a full moon. There is a patchy blanket of mashed potatoey cloud not far above our heads.

      2011, Tristan Bancks, “Hover Everything”, in My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up, Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, published 2014, →ISBN, page 185
    2. With mashed potato.

      She leaned back to look at me, patted my cheeks with mashed potatoey hands and smooched me on the mouth.

      2017, Kate O’Donnell, Untidy Towns, Brisbane, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 15
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      Then something caught my nose. Residential cooking, stinking up the hallway, coagulated gravy, meatbally, mashed potatoey.

      2008, Dexter Petley, One True Void, Ullapool: Two Ravens Press, →ISBN, page 20

      The menu is pure British pub, from the big-as-a-Kia batter-dipped fish with classic plank fries and a housemade tartar sauce ($10.99) to a solid shepherd’s pie ($9.99), which beats a bunch of other local versions because it combines ground beef and lamb to give that musky savor to the mashed potatoey comfort food (his taters are herbed, with melted cheddar riding high).

      2014 March 3, Laura Reiley, “Good gravy!”, in tbt* (Tampa Bay Times), St. Petersburg, Fla.: Times Publishing Company, published 5 March 2014, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014, page 27, column 2
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