hash

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[ hash ]
/ hæʃ /
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noun

verb (used with object)

Verb Phrases

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

Idioms for hash

    make a hash of, to spoil or botch: The new writer made a hash of his first assignment.
    settle someone's hash, Informal. to get rid of; subdue: Her blunt reply really settled my hash.

Origin of hash

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1645–55; < French hacher to cut up, derivative of hache ax, hatchet

OTHER WORDS FROM hash

un·hashed, adjective

Words nearby hash

hasanlu, hasbian, hasbrouck heights, hasdrubal, hasenpfeffer, hash, hash browns, hash house, hash mark, hash over, hash-slinger

Words related to make a hash of

abuse, blow, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, err, flub, fumble, goof, harm, misapply, misconduct, mistreat, misuse, muff, overlook, pervert, prostitute, maladminister

British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (1 of 3)

hash 1
/ (hæʃ) /

noun

verb (tr)

to chop into small pieces
to mix or mess up

Word Origin for hash

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

British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (2 of 3)

hash 2
/ (hæʃ) /

noun

slang short for hashish

British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (3 of 3)

hash 3

hash mark

/ (hæʃ) /

noun

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

Medical definitions for make a hash of

hash
[ hăsh ]

n.

Hashish.

Idioms and Phrases with make a hash of (1 of 2)

make a hash of

Also, make a mess of. Ruin or spoil something, as in They've made a hash of their financial affairs, or She thought he'd make a mess of the garden. The first term, first recorded in 1833, uses hash in the sense of “a jumble of mangled fragments”; the variant, using mess in the sense of “a muddle” or “a state of confusion,” was first recorded in 1862.

Idioms and Phrases with make a hash of (2 of 2)

hash