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hash noun [ haʃ ]

• a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes.

hash verb

• make (meat or other food) into a hash.
• come to agreement on something after lengthy and vigorous discussion.
• "they met during the day to hash out the campaign's reaction to the controversy"
Origin: late 16th century (as a verb): from French hacher, from hache (see hatchet).

hash noun

• short for hashish.
Similar: cannabis, marijuana, hashish, bhang, hemp, kef, kif, charas, ganja, sinsemilla, dope, grass, pot, blow, draw, stuff, Mary Jane, tea, weed, the weed, gold, skunkweed, skunk, reefer, spliff, rope, smoke, gage, boo, charge, jive, mootah, pod, wacky backy, locoweed, dagga, zol, green, mezz,

hash noun

• the symbol #, used as a symbol on a phone keypad or computer keyboard or before a numeral (as in question #2 ).
Origin: 1960s: probably from hatch3, altered by association with hash1.

make a hash of

• make a mess of; bungle.
"he made a right hash of tearing open the envelope"

settle someone's hash

• deal with someone in a forceful and decisive manner.
"the coal merchant tried to foist boiler-nuts on us but I soon settled his hash"



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