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hash

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[ hash ]
/ hæʃ /
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noun

verb (used with object)

Verb Phrases

hash over, to bring up again for consideration; discuss, especially in review: At the class reunion they hashed over their college days.

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RELATED WORDS

abuse, blow, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, err, flub, fumble, goof, harm, misapply, misconduct, mistreat, misuse, muff, overlook, pervert, prostitute, maladminister

Nearby words

hasanlu, hasbian, hasbrouck heights, hasdrubal, hasenpfeffer, make a hash of, hash browns, hash house, hash mark, hash over, hash-slinger

Idioms

    make a hash of, to spoil or botch: The new writer made a hash of his first assignment.
    settle someone's hash, Informal. to get rid of; subdue: Her blunt reply really settled my hash.

Origin of hash

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1645–55; < French hacher to cut up, derivative of hache ax, hatchet
Related formsun·hashed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (1 of 3)

hash

1
/ (hæʃ) /

noun

verb (tr)

to chop into small pieces
to mix or mess up

Word Origin for hash

C17: from Old French hacher to chop up, from hache hatchet

British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (2 of 3)

hash

2
/ (hæʃ) /

noun

slang short for hashish

British Dictionary definitions for make a hash of (3 of 3)

hash

3

hash mark

/ (hæʃ) /

noun

the character (#) used to precede a number
this sign used in printing or writing to indicate that a space should be inserted
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Medicine definitions for make a hash of

hash

[ hăsh ]

n.

Hashish.
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Idioms and Phrases with make a hash of (1 of 2)

make a hash of

Also, make a mess of. Ruin or spoil something, as in They've made a hash of their financial affairs, or She thought he'd make a mess of the garden. The first term, first recorded in 1833, uses hash in the sense of “a jumble of mangled fragments”; the variant, using mess in the sense of “a muddle” or “a state of confusion,” was first recorded in 1862.

Idioms and Phrases with make a hash of (2 of 2)

hash

In addition to the idiom beginning with hash

  • hash over

also see:

  • make a hash of
  • settle someone's hash
  • sling hash
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.