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hash 1  (hsh)
n.
1. A dish of chopped meat, potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually browned.
2.
a. A jumble; a hodgepodge.
b. Informal A mess: made a hash of the project.
3. A reworking or restatement of already familiar material.
tr.v. hashed, hash·ing, hash·es
1. To chop into pieces; mince.
2. Informal To make a mess of; mangle.
3. Informal To discuss carefully; review: hash over future plans; hash out a solution.
Idiom:
settle (someone's) hash Slang
To silence or subdue.

[Variant of Middle English hache, from Old French, past participle of hacher, hachier, to chop up, from hache, ax, of Germanic origin; see hatchet.]

hash 2  (hsh)
n. Slang
Hashish.

hash1
n
1. (Cookery) a dish of diced cooked meat, vegetables, etc., reheated in a sauce
2. something mixed up
3. a reuse or rework of old material
make a hash of Informal
a.  to mix or mess up
b.  to defeat or destroy
settle (or fix) someone's hash Informal to subdue or silence someone
vb (tr)
1. (Cookery) to chop into small pieces
2. to mix or mess up
[from Old French hacher to chop up, from hache hatchet]

hash2
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) Slang short for hashish

hash3, hash mark
n
1. the character (#) used to precede a number
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) this sign used in printing or writing to indicate that a space should be inserted

Hash a medley; a spoiled mixture; a meat dish.
Examples: hash of absurdity, 1795; of plain repetition, 1672; of tongues, 1735; of my own words, 1860.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hash - chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
corned beef hash - hash made with corned beef
2.hash - purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction
Cannabis indica, Indian hemp - source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
Verb1.hash - chop up; "hash the potatoes"
chop, chop up - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"

hash
noun
make a hash of something (Informal) mess up, muddle, bungle, botch, cock up (Brit. slang), mishandle, fuck up (offensive taboo slang), mismanage, make a nonsense of (informal), bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang) The government made a total hash of things.
Translations
hash1 [hæʃ]
A. N
1. (Culin) → picadillo m
2.lío m, embrollo m
to make a hash of sthhacer algo muy mal
he made a complete hash of the interviewla entrevista le fue fatal
to settle sb's hashcargarse a algn
B. CPD hash browns NPL croquetas de patata hervida y cebolla

hash2 [hæʃ] N (= hashish) → hachís m, chocolate m (Sp), mota f (CAm)
hash3 [hæʃ] N (Typ) → almohadilla f
hash [ˈhæʃ]
n
(= mess) → gâchis m
to make a hash of sth → rater qch
(= dish) → hachis m corned beef hash
(= hashish) → shit m >, hasch m >
to smoke hash → fumer du shit >, fumer du hasch >
(= # sign) → dièse m
hash browns nplpommes servies au petit déjeuner)fpl de terre sautées >
hash
n
(Cook) → Haschee nt
(fig: = mess) → Durcheinander nt, → Kuddelmuddel m (inf); (= bad work)Pfusch m (inf), → Pfuscherei f (inf); to make a hash of somethingetw verpfuschen or vermasseln (inf)
(inf: = hashish) → Hasch nt (inf)
vt (Cook) → hacken

hash:
hash brown potatoes
pl (esp US) = hash browns
hash browns
pl (esp US) ˜ Rösti mit Zwiebeln, → ˜ Kartoffelpuffer pl
hash head
n (inf)Kiffer(in) m(f), → Hascher(in) m(f)
hash house
n (esp US inf) → billiges Lokal
hash [hæʃ] n
a. (Culin) spezzatino fatto con avanzi di carne cotta
b. (fam) to make a hash of sthfare un bel pasticcio di qc
c. (fam) (hashish) → erba


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By using a hash sign (#) at the beginning of the text message followed by the time in a 24 hour format, the message would be delivered later the same day.
He originally wanted to call it simply pounds 2 but was told the hash sign would play havoc with internet search engines and record store databases everywhere.
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