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English

Etymology
From F. hacher �to chop�, from OF. hache from hache �axe.�

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: h�sh
w:IPA|IPA: /hæ�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /h{S/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�|-æ�

Noun
en-noun|es
Image:Corn-beef-hash.jpg|thumb|corn-beef hash

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

#*1633: Samuel Pepys, Diary
#*:I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.

1. A confused mess.

#*1847: Charlotte Yonge, Scenes and Characters
#*: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.

1. The # symbol (octothorpe).
2. (:Category:Jargon:Computer|computing): The key generated by a hash function.
3. Abbreviation for hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Related terms
make a hash of

Translations
trans-top|chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
Finnish: pyttipannu, hakkelus
French: hashis m
trans-mid
German: Gehackte n
Spanish: picadillo m
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trans-top|confused mess
Finnish: sekasotku
trans-mid
Portuguese: bagunça f
Spanish: lío m
trans-bottom

trans-top|the # symbol
Finnish: ruutu, risuaita
French: croisillon m, dièse m
trans-mid
German: Raute f, Doppelkreuz n
Hungarian: Kett�skereszt
Spanish: almohadilla f
trans-bottom

trans-top|the key generated by a hash function
Finnish: tarkiste
trans-mid
Hungarian: Ellen�rz� összeg
trans-bottom

trans-top|hashish
Finnish: hasis
Hungarian: hasis
trans-mid
German: Hasch n
Portuguese: haxixe m
Spanish: hachís m, chocolate m
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|German: Hackfleisch n, Faschierte (Austria) n, Haschee n, Durcheinander n
ttbc|Portuguese: mistura f
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Adjective
hash

1. Hashed, chopped into small pieces

#*1855: William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes
#*:The Colonel, himself, was great at making hash mutton, hot-pot, curry, and pillau.

1. (:Category:Jargon:Computer|computing): Of or relating to the process of hashing or hash coding

Derived terms
top3
hash browns
hash function
hash table
mid3
hash map
hashing
hash coding
mid3
hash key
hash value

Translations
trans-top|chopped into small pieces
Finnish: pilkottu
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|of or related to the process of hash coding
trans-mid
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Verb
en-verb|hash|es

1. transitive To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash

#*1749: Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
#*:In like manner, we shall represent human nature at first to the keen appetite of our reader, in that more plain and simple manner in which it is found in the country, and shall hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice which courts and cities afford.

1. To make a quick, rough version; as in - hash up some plans = make some quick, rough plans.

Derived terms
hash out
rehash

Translations
trans-top|to chop into small pieces
Finnish: pilkkoa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to make a quick, rough version
Finnish: huiskia
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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ttbc|Chinese: � (k�n)
ttbc|French: hacher
ttbc|German: hacken
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