Standard Lemma guide

hash

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhæʃ/
  • [ˈhæʃ]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æʃ
  • homophone: Hash
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: scramble

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scramble

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A confused mess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crunch, hash, hash mark /hashmark, hash sign, hashtag, number sign, octothorpe /octothorn, pound, pound sign, square

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The result generated by a hash function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: checksum

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, computing, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, engineering, finance, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • October 28, 1752, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A hash run.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A stupid fellow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To make a quick, rough version.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We need to quickly hash up some plans.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To transform according to a hash function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To make a mess of (something); to ruin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

Ellipsis of hash noise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hashish, hasheesh, haschisch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soft drug

17

noun

Meaning 17

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

Narrower terms: corned beef hash

18

verb

Meaning 18

chop up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hash the potatoes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chop, chop up

History

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”).

Clipping of hashish.

Across languages

Translations

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: яхния (jahnija) — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Czech: mleté — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Dutch: hachee — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Finnish: hakkelus — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • French: hachis — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Galician: guiso — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • German: Gehacktes — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • German: Haschee — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Hungarian: fasírt — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Irish: slamar — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Italian: tritato — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Italian: spezzatino — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Japanese: ハッシュドビーフ (hasshudobīfu) — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Korean: 해시 (haesi) — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Latin: farrāgō — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Latin: minūtal — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Portuguese: picadinho — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Russian: кро́шево (króševo) — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Spanish: picadillo — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Spanish: guiso — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Swedish: pyttipanna — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Swedish: pytt — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Turkish: kuşbaşı — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Vietnamese: thịt băm — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Vietnamese: thịt bằm — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Welsh: briwgig — chopped food, especially meat and potatoes
  • Bulgarian: бъркотия (bǎrkotija) — confused mess
  • Finnish: sekasotku — confused mess
  • Finnish: sotku — confused mess
  • German: Durcheinander — confused mess
  • Polish: bardach — confused mess
  • Portuguese: bagunça — confused mess
  • Russian: мешани́на (mešanína) — confused mess
  • Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — confused mess
  • Spanish: lío — confused mess
  • Thai: ความยุ่งเหยิง (kwaam-yûng-yə̌əng) — confused mess
  • Turkish: arapsaçı — confused mess
  • Turkish: karmaşa — confused mess
  • Vietnamese: mớ lộn xộn — confused mess
  • Vietnamese: mớ linh tinh — confused mess
  • Afrikaans: hutsteken — the # symbol
  • Arabic: شُبَّاك (šubbāk) — the # symbol
  • Basque: traola — the # symbol
  • Catalan: coixinet — the # symbol
  • Catalan: quadradet — the # symbol
  • Chinese Cantonese: 井號 /井号 (zeng2 hou6) — the # symbol
  • Chinese Cantonese: 井字 (zeng2 zi6) — the # symbol
  • Chinese Mandarin: 井號 /井号 (jǐnghào) — the # symbol
  • Chinese Mandarin: 井字 (jǐngzì) — the # symbol
  • Czech: křížek — the # symbol
  • Danish: firkant — the # symbol
  • Danish: nummertegn — the # symbol
  • Danish: havelåge — the # symbol
  • Danish: hashtag — the # symbol
  • Dutch: kruisje — the # symbol
  • Dutch: hekje — the # symbol
  • Finnish: ristikkomerkki — the # symbol
  • Finnish: ruutu — the # symbol
  • Finnish: risuaita — the # symbol
  • French: croisillon — the # symbol
  • French: dièse — the # symbol
  • French: carré — the # symbol
  • Galician: cancelo — the # symbol
  • Georgian: დიეზი (diezi) — the # symbol
  • German: Rautenzeichen — the # symbol
  • German: Raute — the # symbol
  • German: Doppelkreuz — the # symbol
  • German: Gartenzaun — the # symbol
  • German: Nummernzeichen — the # symbol
  • German: Lattenkreuz — the # symbol
  • Greek: αριθμόσημο (arithmósimo) — the # symbol
  • Hebrew: סוּלָּמִית (sulamít) — the # symbol
  • Hindi: संख्या चिह्न (sankhyā chihn) — the # symbol
  • Hungarian: számjel — the # symbol
  • Hungarian: kettős kereszt — the # symbol
  • Indonesian: tanda pagar — the # symbol
  • Italian: cancelletto — the # symbol
  • Japanese: 番号記号 (bangō kigō) — the # symbol
  • Japanese: ナンバーサイン (nambāsain) — the # symbol
  • Japanese: 井桁 (igeta) — the # symbol
  • Japanese: ハッシュ (hasshu) — the # symbol
  • Macedonian: тараба (taraba) — the # symbol
  • Norman: hache — the # symbol
  • Persian: مربع (morabba') — the # symbol
  • Polish: krzyżyk — the # symbol
  • Polish: kratka — the # symbol
  • Polish: płotek — the # symbol
  • Portuguese: antífen — the # symbol
  • Portuguese: cardinal — the # symbol
  • Portuguese: cerquilha — the # symbol
  • Portuguese: jogo da velha — the # symbol
  • Portuguese: jogo do galo — the # symbol
  • Russian: знак но́мера (znak nómera) — the # symbol
  • Russian: октото́рп (oktotórp) — the # symbol
  • Russian: хэш (xɛš) — the # symbol
  • Russian: дие́з (dijéz) — the # symbol
  • Russian: решё́тка (rešótka) — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: љестве — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: двокриж — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: решетка — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljestve — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvokriž — the # symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: rešetka — the # symbol
  • Slovak: mriežka — the # symbol
  • Spanish: almohadilla — the # symbol
  • Spanish: gato — the # symbol
  • Spanish: libra — the # symbol
  • Spanish: numeral — the # symbol
  • Spanish: número — the # symbol
  • Spanish: michi — the # symbol
  • Swedish: brädgård — the # symbol
  • Swedish: nummertecken — the # symbol
  • Swedish: fyrkant — the # symbol
  • Thai: แฮช (hɛ́ch) — the # symbol
  • Thai: สี่เหลี่ยม (sìi-lìiam) — the # symbol
  • Turkish: kare — the # symbol
  • Vietnamese: dấu thăng — the # symbol
  • Vietnamese: dấu băm — the # symbol
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜湊值 /杂凑值 (zácòuzhí) — key generated by a hash function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜湊 /杂凑 (zácòu) — key generated by a hash function
  • Finnish: tiiviste — key generated by a hash function
  • Finnish: tarkiste — key generated by a hash function
  • Finnish: hajautusarvo — key generated by a hash function
  • French: condensat — key generated by a hash function
  • French: hash — key generated by a hash function
  • German: Hash — key generated by a hash function
  • Greek: κατατεμαχισμός (katatemachismós) — key generated by a hash function
  • Greek: κατακερματισμός (katakermatismós) — key generated by a hash function
  • Greek: κωδικός κατατεμαχισμού (kodikós katatemachismoú) — key generated by a hash function
  • Greek: τιμή κατατεμαχισμού (timí katatemachismoú) — key generated by a hash function
  • Hungarian: ellenőrző összeg — key generated by a hash function
  • Japanese: ハッシュ値 (hasshuchi) — key generated by a hash function
  • Japanese: ハッシュ (hasshu) — key generated by a hash function
  • Latin: abbreviāre — key generated by a hash function
  • Persian: هش (haš) — key generated by a hash function
  • Polish: skrót — key generated by a hash function
  • Portuguese: hash — key generated by a hash function
  • Russian: хэш (xɛš) — key generated by a hash function
  • Spanish: condensado — key generated by a hash function
  • Spanish: abreviado m) (cultism, see lat:abbreviāre) — key generated by a hash function
  • Vietnamese: giá trị băm — key generated by a hash function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈希 (hāxī) — guess made by a mining computer
  • Finnish: tiiviste — guess made by a mining computer
  • Arabic: حَشِيش (ḥašīš) — clipped form of hashish
  • Danish: hash — clipped form of hashish
  • Dutch: hasj — clipped form of hashish
  • Faroese: hassj — clipped form of hashish
  • Finnish: hasa — clipped form of hashish
  • French: shit — clipped form of hashish
  • French: hash — clipped form of hashish
  • French: teuchi — clipped form of hashish
  • French: teuch — clipped form of hashish
  • French: haschich — clipped form of hashish
  • Galician: haxix — clipped form of hashish
  • Galician: chocolate — clipped form of hashish
  • German: Hasch — clipped form of hashish
  • Polish: hasz — clipped form of hashish
  • Portuguese: haxe — clipped form of hashish
  • Spanish: chocolate — clipped form of hashish
  • Swedish: hasch — clipped form of hashish
  • Bulgarian: кълцам (kǎlcam) — to chop into small pieces
  • Danish: hakke — to chop into small pieces
  • Finnish: pilkkoa — to chop into small pieces
  • German: hacken — to chop into small pieces
  • German: zerhacken — to chop into small pieces
  • Portuguese: picar — to chop into small pieces
  • Russian: кроши́ть (krošítʹ) — to chop into small pieces
  • Russian: покроши́ть (pokrošítʹ) — to chop into small pieces
  • Thai: สับ (sàp) — to chop into small pieces
  • Turkish: doğramak — to chop into small pieces
  • Vietnamese: băm — to chop into small pieces
  • Vietnamese: bằm — to chop into small pieces
  • Finnish: huiskia — to make a quick, rough version
  • German: grob entwerfen — to make a quick, rough version
  • Thai: ลวก (lûuak) — to make a quick, rough version
  • Finnish: tiivistää — to transform according to a hash function
  • Finnish: hajauttaa — to transform according to a hash function
  • Vietnamese: băm — to transform according to a hash function