hash

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hash, n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, fr. hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf. Hatchet.].

•  That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.  [1913 Webster]
•  A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.  [1913 Webster]

  "I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session."  [1913 Webster]
•  Hashish.  [PJC]

hash, v. t. [From Hash, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.].

 To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.  Hudibras.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hash, n. & v.
--n.
1 a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and recooked.
2 a a mixture; a jumble. b a mess.
3 re-used or recycled material.
--v.tr. (often foll. by up)
1 make (meat etc.) into a hash.
2 recycle (old material).

Idiom

make a hash of colloq. make a mess of; bungle. settle a person's hash colloq. deal with and subdue a person.

hash, n. colloq. hashish.

Etymology

abbr.

DEVIL DICTIONARY

hash

x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.

THESAURUS

hash

DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, admix, all sorts, alloy, amalgamate, antidepressant, arsy-varsiness, aspic, assemblage, assortment, ataractic, bad job, barbecue, bemingle, bevue, blend, blunder, bobble, boggle, boiled meat, bollix, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, botchery, bouilli, broad spectrum, bugger up, bungle, butcher, civet, clumsy performance, clutter, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, confusion, conglomerate, conglomeration, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, disaster, emulsify, error, etourderie, farrago, fiasco, flesh, flub, fluff, flunk, foozle, forcemeat, foul up, fumble, fuse, gage, gallimaufry, game, ganja, gaucherie, grass, hachis, hallucinogen, hash up, hashish, hay, helter-skelter, hemp, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, homogenize, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hugger-mugger, hysteron proteron, immingle, immix, integrate, interblend, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, jerky, joint, jugged hare, jumble, jungle, kava, knead, litter, louse up, magpie, mangle, marijuana, mash, meat, medley, melange, menue viande, merge, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mess, mess up, mince, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, mingle, mingle-mangle, miscellany, miscue, mishandle, mishmash, mismanage, mistake, mix, mix up, mix-up, mixed bag, mixture, morning glory seeds, muddle, muff, mull, muss, odds and ends, off day, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, pemmican, peyote, pot, pot roast, potpourri, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reefer, roach, roast, ruin, rummage, sad work, salad, salmagundi, sauce, sausage meat, scramble, scrapple, screw up, shambles, shuffle, slip, snafu, spoil, stew, stick, stir up, stumble, syncretize, tea, throw together, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, toss together, tranquilizer, trip, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, venison, viande, washout, weed, welter, what you will, work

ROGET THESAURUS

hash

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Disorder

N disorder, derangement, irregularity, anomaly, anarchy, anarchism, want of method, untidiness, disunion, discord, confusion, confusedness, mishmash, mix, disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber, cahotage, farrago, mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge, hotch-potch, hotch-pot, imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley, mere mixture, fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles, complexity, turmoil, ferment, to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble, whirlwind, bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors, Bedlam, all hell broke loose, bull in a china shop, all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay, pretty kettle of fish, pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business, disorderly person, disorderly persons offence, misdemeanor, slattern, slut (libertine), disorderly, orderless, out of order, out of place, out of gear, irregular, desultory, anomalous, acephalous, deranged, aimless, disorganized, straggling, unmethodical, immethodical, unsymmetric, unsystematic, untidy, slovenly, dislocated, out of sorts, promiscuous, indiscriminate, chaotic, anarchical, unarranged &c (arrange), confused, deranged, topsy-turvy, shapeless, disjointed, out of joint, troublous, riotous, complex, irregularly, by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts, pellmell, higgledy-piggledy, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, in a ferment, at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes, upside down, the cart before the horse, hysteron proteron, chaos is come again, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.