Sekirov Dictionary

hash

/ˈhæʃ/

noun 9
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 5

noun9

The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
(slang) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
The result generated by a hash function.
One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.
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Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
- I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef. — 1633
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A confused mess.
- Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a hash there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again. — 1847
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A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
- October 28, 1752, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.
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A hash run.
- Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children. — 1987
(Scotland) A stupid fellow.

verb5

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To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
- I never did care for Sunday joint that was served up cold on Monday, hashed on Tuesday, rissoled on Wednesday, and re-hashed on Thursday[.] — 1942
To transform according to a hash function.
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To make a quick, rough version.
- We need to quickly hash up some plans.
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(informal) To make a mess of (something); to ruin.
- [Julie Jacquette]: "All right, you've hashed it. I knew damn well you should have stayed in the other room. Now he knows he'll have to kill you too." — 1966
Ellipsis of hash noise.

forms

hashed · hashing · hashes

Phrases with hash

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