HASH

hashish, hasheesh, haschisch, hash

(noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

hash

(noun) chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

hash

(verb) chop up; “hash the potatoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

hash (plural hashes)

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

A confused mess.

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

Synonyms: hash mark, hash sign, hashtag, number sign, octothorn, octothorpe, pound, pound sign, sharp sign, square

(computing) The result generated by a hash function.

Synonym: checksum

A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

A hash run.

(Scotland) A stupid fellow.

Verb

hash (third-person singular simple present hashes, present participle hashing, simple past and past participle hashed)

(transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

To make a quick, rough version

(computing, transitive) To transform according to a hash function.

Etymology 2

Noun

hash (uncountable)

(informal) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Anagrams

• Shah, ahhs, hahs, shah

Proper noun

Hash (plural Hashes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hash is the 6325th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5397 individuals. Hash is most common among White (90.72%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Shah, ahhs, hahs, shah

Source: Wiktionary


Hash, n. Etym: [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf. Hatchet.]

1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition. I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session. Walpole.

Hash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] Etym: [From Hash, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.]

Definition: To as, to hash meat. Hudibras.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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