hash
Plural: hashes
Noun
- chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
- purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
- Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
- A confused mess.
- The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
- 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.
- A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
- A hash run.
- A stupid fellow.
- Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
Verb
Verb Forms: hashed, hashing, hashes
- To chop or mince into small pieces.
- chop up
- "hash the potatoes"
- To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
- To make a quick, rough version.
- To transform according to a hash function.
- To make a mess of (something); to ruin.
Examples
- He decided to HASH out a quick two-letter word to set up a better play for his next turn.
- We need to quickly hash up some plans.
Origin / Etymology
From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).
Synonyms
haschisch, hasheesh, hashish, checksum, crunch, hash mark, hash sign, hashtag, number sign, octothorn, octothorpe, pound, pound sign, square
Scrabble Score: 10
hash: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhash: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hash: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary