[hash] 
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a mess, jumble, or muddle: a hash of unorganized facts and figures. |
| 3. | a reworking of old and familiar material: This essay is a hash of several earlier and better works. |
| 4. | Computers. garbage (def. 7). |
| 5. | Radio and Television Slang. electrical noise on a radio or snow in a television picture caused by interfering outside sources that generate sparking. |
| 6. | to chop into small pieces; make into hash; mince. |
| 7. | to muddle or mess up: We thought we knew our parts, but when the play began we hashed the whole thing. |
| 8. | to discuss or review (something) thoroughly (often fol. by out): They hashed out every aspect of the issue. |
| 9. | hash over, to bring up again for consideration; discuss, esp. in review: At the class reunion they hashed over their college days. |
| 10. | make a hash of, to spoil or botch: The new writer made a hash of his first assignment. |
| 11. | settle someone's hash, Informal. to get rid of; subdue: Her blunt reply really settled my hash. |
hash (hāsh)
n.
Hashish.
