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hash

UK/ˈhæʃ/ US/ˈhæʃ/ fairly common slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

2.

verb

1.

chop up

  • “hash the potatoes”

Origin

From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).

Phrases

  • blessed hash
  • cryptographic hash
  • distributed hash table
  • hash algorithm
  • hash brown
  • hash browns
  • hash buster
  • hash code
  • hash out
  • hash over

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