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hash

[ hash ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan, or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
a mess, jumble, or muddle:
a hash of unorganized facts and figures.
a reworking of old and familiar material:
This essay is a hash of several earlier and better works.
Computers.
Radio and Television Slang. electrical noise on an analog radio or, appearing as snow, in an analog television picture, caused by interfering outside sources that generate sparking.

verb (used with object)

to chop into small pieces; make into hash; mince.
to muddle or mess up:
We thought we knew our parts, but when the play began we hashed the whole thing.
to discuss or review (something) thoroughly (often followed by out ):
They hashed out every aspect of the issue.

verb phrase

to bring up again for consideration; discuss, especially in review:
At the class reunion they hashed over their college days.

hash

[ hash ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Slang.

hashish.

hash

/ hæʃ /

noun

slang.
short for hashish

hash

/ hæʃ /

noun

a dish of diced cooked meat, vegetables, etc, reheated in a sauce
something mixed up
a reuse or rework of old material
make a hash of informal.
1. to mix or mess up
2. to defeat or destroy
settle someone's hash or fix someone's hash informal.
to subdue or silence someone

verb

to chop into small pieces
to mix or mess up

hash

/ hæʃ /

noun

the character (#) used to precede a number
this sign used in printing or writing to indicate that a space should be inserted

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Other Words From

un·hashed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hash¹

First recorded in 1645–55; from French hacher “to cut up,” derivative of hache “ax,” hatchet

Origin of hash²

By shortening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hash¹

C17: from Old French hacher to chop up, from hache hatchet

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

make a hash of, to spoil or botch:
The new writer made a hash of his first assignment.
settle someone's hash, Informal. to stop, silence, or subdue:
If she keeps badmouthing me, I'm going to have to settle her hash.

More idioms and phrases containing hash

In addition to the idiom beginning with hash , also see make a hash of ; settle someone's hash ; sling hash .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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