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Added 9 October 2026

hash

/ˈhæʃ/ noun

In Latin: farrāgō, minūtal Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hash at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. corn-beef hash
A confused mess.
The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

verb

To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
To make a quick, rough version.
We need to quickly hash up some plans.
To transform according to a hash function.

noun

Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

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”).

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