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hash1

 
pronunciation:
haesh
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
phrases:
hash out, hash over, settle someone's hash
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a dish of chopped or minced food, usu. meat and vegetables that have already been cooked once, that is browned by frying or is reheated in gravy.
The diner in our town still serves the best hash in the country.
definition 2: a muddle or mess.
We had an incompetent bookkeeper who made a hash of our accounts.The florist made a hash of the flower arrangements and half of what we ordered for the wedding never arrived.
similar words:
botch, jumble, mess, mishmash
definition 3: shortened form of "hashish," the dried flowers, tops, and leaves of the hemp plant, or the narcotics extracted from them esp. for smoking.
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phrase: settle someone's hash
 
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: hashes, hashing, hashed
definition 1: to chop or mince (food).
definition 2: to mangle or make a confused jumble of (ideas, writing, or the like).
similar words:
hack, mangle, mess
definition 3: (informal) to review or consider thoroughly (usu. fol. by "out").
We finally hashed out all the details for the proposal.
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phrase: hash out, hash over
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