hashed; hashing; hashes
2
: to talk about : review
—often used with over or out
hash over a problem
hashing out their differences
1
: chopped food
specifically
: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
2
: a restatement of something that is already known
the same old hash
3
a
: hodgepodge, jumble
b
: a confused muddle
made a hash of the whole project
Synonyms
Verb
Noun (1)
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
Examples of hash in a Sentence
Verb
he hashed some roast beef, put it in a pie shell, and topped it with a layer of mashed potatoes
the bookkeeper had so hashed the figures it took weeks to straighten out the accounts
Noun (1)
the docudrama was a hash of facts, half-truths, speculation, and pure fiction
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Dan Yerushalmi, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The idea behind hashing passwords is similar to the idea of fire insurance for a home.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Producers extract a concentrate using butane, creating a product known as butane hash oil.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
By leveraging a hidden layer of validated participants within an anti-fraud consortium, a verification system can detect fraud not through direct analysis of documents or selfies but by comparing them to previous transactions that have been hashed and flagged for suspicious patterns.
—Dan Yerushalmi, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The idea behind hashing passwords is similar to the idea of fire insurance for a home.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
Countries like Bhutan and Ethiopia are now part of the global hash rate that secures Bitcoin mining, turning their energy reserves into digital money accepted worldwide.
—Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Producers extract a concentrate using butane, creating a product known as butane hash oil.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Hash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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hash
1 of 3 verb1
a
: to chop into small pieces
b
2
: to talk about : discuss
hashed over the problem
hash
2 of 3 noun1
: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
2
: a mixture of many different things
hash
3 of 3 noun
: hashish
Etymology
Verb
from French hacher "to chop up into small pieces," from early French hachier (same meaning), from hache "battle-ax"; of Germanic origin — related to hatch entry 4, hatchet
Noun
a shortened form of hashish
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