hash
1 Americannoun
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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.
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a mess, jumble, or muddle.
a hash of unorganized facts and figures.
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a reworking of old and familiar material.
This essay is a hash of several earlier and better works.
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Computers.
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Radio and Television Slang. electrical noise on an analog radio or, appearing as snow, in an analog television picture, caused by interfering outside sources that generate sparking.
verb (used with object)
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to chop into small pieces; make into hash; mince.
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to muddle or mess up.
We thought we knew our parts, but when the play began we hashed the whole thing.
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to discuss or review (something) thoroughly (often followed byout ).
They hashed out every aspect of the issue.
verb phrase
idioms
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settle someone's hash, to stop, silence, or subdue.
If she keeps badmouthing me, I'm going to have to settle her hash.
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make a hash of, to spoil or botch.
The new writer made a hash of his first assignment.
noun
noun
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a dish of diced cooked meat, vegetables, etc, reheated in a sauce
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something mixed up
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a reuse or rework of old material
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informal
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to mix or mess up
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to defeat or destroy
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informal to subdue or silence someone
verb
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to chop into small pieces
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to mix or mess up
noun
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the character (#) used to precede a number
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this sign used in printing or writing to indicate that a space should be inserted
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has hashedperfect 3rd person singular
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have hashedperfect
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is hashingprogressive 3rd person singular
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have been hashingperfect progressive
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are hashingprogressive
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has been hashingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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am hashingprogressive 1st person singular
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hashessingular 3rd person
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hashingparticiple
Past
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had hashedperfect
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were hashingprogressive plural
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was hashingprogressive singular
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had been hashingperfect progressive
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hashedparticiple
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hashedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of hash1
First recorded in 1645–55; from French hacher “to cut up,” derivative of hache “ax,” see hatchet
Origin of hash2
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Between artificial intelligence, the Iran War, and the future of Taiwan, there’s a lot for the United States and China to hash out—not least of which being the pecking order.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
Times pop music critic Mikael Wood and Times film critic Amy Nicholson hash it out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The most extreme test phrases were almost total "nonsense", such as "Goetterdaemmerung's corpus haemorrhaged through cryptographic hash, eschaton pooling in existential void beneath fluorescent hum. Photons whispering prayers" -- which it rated highly.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
On March 5, both sides met at the White House to hash things out, according to people familiar with the meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
When the hash browns were done, she scrambled a few eggs in the pan and spread the cooked food across two plates.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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