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- pronunciation:
- haesh
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- hash out, hash over, settle someone's hash
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| 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
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| 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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| related words: |
botch, bungle, disorder, litter, mash, mince, muss |
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| phrase: |
settle someone's hash |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hashes, hashing, hashed |
| definition 1: |
to chop or mince (food).
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| definition 2: |
to mangle or make a confused jumble of (ideas, writing, or the like).
- similar words:
- hack, mangle, mess
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| definition 3: |
(informal) to review or consider thoroughly (usu. fol. by "out").
We finally hashed out all the details for the proposal. |
| related words: |
foul up, litter |
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| phrase: |
hash out, hash over |
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