English Explanatory Dictionary

hash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
  2. A confused mess.
  3. The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
  4. The result generated by a hash function.
  5. One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.
  6. A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
  7. A hash run.
  8. A stupid fellow.
verb
  1. To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
  2. To make a quick, rough version.
  3. To transform according to a hash function.
  4. To make a mess of (something); to ruin.
noun
  1. Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

hăsh /ˈhæʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hash.wav

Word forms

hash hashes hashing hashed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

scramble crunch hash hash mark /hashmark hash sign hashtag number sign octothorpe /octothorn pound pound sign square checksum

Derived words

blessed hash cryptographic hash distributed hash table geohash hash algorithm hashbang hash brown hash brownie hash browns hash buster hash code hash coding hash collision hash function hash house hashhouse hashing hashkey hashlock hash map hash mark hash oil hash rocket hash sign hash slinger hash-slinger hash table hashtag hash trail hash-trap hash tree hash up hash value make a hash of megahash perceptual hash petahash settle someone's hash shebang terahash tied hash unblessed hash hashlike hashable hasher hash out hash over rehash unhash Hashbury hashhead hash pipe hashpipe hashy
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