Hash

Quick meaning: Hash is a noun meaning Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

Meaning

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

More Meanings

1. A confused mess.
2. (typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
3. (computing) The result generated by a hash function.
4. A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
5. A hash run.
6. (Scotland) A stupid fellow.
7. (computing, cryptocurrencies) 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.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: scramble

Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children.

I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.

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.

Word Forms

• hashes
• hashing
• hashed

Synonyms for hash

Depending on context, synonyms include scramble, crunch, hashtag, pound, square, checksum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hashish, olio, corned, mince, cannabis, pot.

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