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Dish of cooked meat reheated in highly flavoured sauce. In the USA canned corned beef is known as corned beef hash.

n. A dish of finely chopped meat (roast beef and corned beef are the most common), potatoes and seasonings, usually fried together until lightly browned. Other chopped vegetables, such as green pepper, celery and onion, can also be added. Hash is sometimes served with gravy or sauce. hash v. To chop food into small pieces.

noun

A ruinous state of disorder: botch, foul-up, mess, muddle, shambles. Slang screwup, snafu. See correct/incorrect, order/disorder.

verb

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about. bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around. Informal kick around, knock about (or around). Slang rap³. Idioms: go into a huddle. See words.

Idioms beginning with hash:
hash over

In addition to the idiom beginning with hash, also see make a hash of; settle someone's hash; sling hash.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

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

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1. hash
   noun
   
   to settle (a person's) hash to deal with and subdue (a person). (1803 —) .
   C. St. J. Sprigg What are you going to do? Settle his hash and drop him overboard? (1933).
   
   [Cf. earlier sense, dish of recooked meat.]
2. hash
   noun
   
   Abbreviation of 'hashish'. (1959 —) .
   P. Dickinson 'It's morphine she's been on?' said Pibble. But Tony shook her head. 'Just grass. Hash' (1972).
   

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For a list of words related to hash, see:

• Preparations and Presentations - hash: fried, chopped meat and vegetables
• Prepared Dishes - hash: dish of chopped potatoes and meat, often corned beef, usually fried and served with eggs
• Fusses and Troubles
• Drug Names and Forms - hash: Informal. hashish

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See words rhyming with "hash."

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hakkemad, labskovs, biksemad, hachis
v. tr. - hakke, skære i stykker, forkludre

idioms:

• hash out    afgøre efter lang diskussion

2.
n. - hachis, hash

3.
n. - 'havelåge', nummertegn

Nederlands (Dutch)
vleesgehakt, hachee, stamppot, mengelmoes, ouwe koek, grove fout, -symbool (hekje), hasjiesj, sloof, dorpsgek, sufferd, stamppot maken, (fijn)muizen, fijnhakken, verknoeien, doorbespreken, herhalen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Culin) hachis, gâchis
v. tr. - hacher

idioms:

• hash browns    (US) pommes de terres sautées
• hash out    discuter qch et arriver à une solution

2.
n. - hash, haschisch

3.
n. - (Typ) signe (#)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Haschee
v. - hacken, haschieren, verpfuschen

idioms:

• hash browns    (AmE.) Bratkartoffeln, die
• hash out    sich über etwas einigen, nach langer Diskussion

2.
n. - (Slang) Hasch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κεφτέδες με πατάτες και λαχανικά, κιμάς με πατάτες, (μτφ.) αχταρμάς, (καθομ.) χασίς, το σύμβολο #
v. - λιανίζω, λιανοκόβω, κόβω κιμά, ψιλοκόβω

idioms:

• hash out    κακοφτιάχνω

Italiano (Italian)
pasticcio di carne tagliata a pezzi, tagliare a pezzi

idioms:

• hash out    

Português (Portuguese)
n. - picadinho (m) (Culin.)
v. - picar (fazer picadinho) (Culin.)

idioms:

• hash out    discutir algo e chegar a uma solução

Русский (Russian)
мясное блюдо, мешанина, старая мысль, гашиш, рубить мясо, напутать, испортить, долго обсуждать

idioms:

• hash out    разбить на мелкие кусочки, переговорить о чем-л.

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - picadillo
v. tr. - hacer picadillo

idioms:

• hash browns    papas cortadas muy finas que se fríen hasta quedar crocantes y doradas
• hash out    llegar a un acuerdo luego de una extensa discusión

2.
n. - hachís, chocolate (droga)

3.
n. - signo de número (#)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hackmat (äv. bildl.), röra, återanvändning, sopor (data), skvaller, marijuana, hasch
v. - hacka sönder, älta, förstöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 剁碎的食物, 混杂, 拼凑, 肉末洋芋泥, 改头换面, 重新表述, 切细, 反复推敲, 把...弄乱, 把...搞糟

idioms:

• hash out    想办法解决, 充分讨论或辩论

2. 无用信息, 杂乱信号

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 無用資訊, 雜亂信號

2.
n. - 剁碎的食物, 混雜, 拼湊, 肉末洋芋泥, 改頭換面, 重新表述
v. tr. - 切細, 反復推敲, 把...弄亂, 把...搞糟

idioms:

• hash out    想辦法解決, 充分討論或辯論

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 해시 요리, 음식, 컴퓨터 메모리에 써넣은 무의미한 정보
v. tr. - (고기를) 저미다, ~을 망쳐놓다

idioms:

• hash out    충분한 이야기를 나누어 해결하다

2.
n. - 마리화나

3.
n. - 표

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - こま切れ肉料理, 焼直し, 寄せ集め, ハシュ, ハシーシ
v. - 細かに切る, めちゃくちゃにする, めちゃめちゃにする

idioms:

• hash out    徹底的に論じる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لحم مفروم مع البطاطا, إعادة أو تكرير لشئ معروف من قبل, مزيج أو خليط (فعل) يفرم, يشوش أو يربك, يتدث عن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בשר קצוץ‬
v. tr. - ‮קצץ (בשר)‬
n. - ‮חשיש‬
n. - ‮סולמית (#)‬

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