hash1
¦ noun
1. a dish of diced cooked meat reheated with potatoes.
N. Amer. a finely chopped mixture of food.
2. a jumble; a mess.
¦ verb
1. make or chop into a hash.
2. (hash something out) come to agreement after lengthy and vigorous discussion.
Phrases
make a hash of informal make a mess of.
settle someone's hash informal deal with someone in a forceful and decisive manner.
Origin
C16: from Fr.
hacher, from
hache (see
hatchet).
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hash2
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hash3
¦ noun Brit. the symbol #.
Origin
1980s: prob. from
hatch3, alt. by folk etymology.