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]
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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.
Meaning relationships
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
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