hash

Meanings

Plural: hashes

Noun

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
A confused mess.
The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
The result generated by a hash function.
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.
A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
A hash run.
A stupid fellow.
Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Verb

chop up
- "hash the potatoes"
To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
To make a quick, rough version.
To transform according to a hash function.
To make a mess of (something); to ruin.

Origin / 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

checksum, crunch, haschisch, hash mark, hash sign, hasheesh, hashish, hashtag, number sign, octothorn, octothorpe, pound, pound sign, square

Scrabble Score: 10

hash is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hash is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hash is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

hash is a valid Words With Friends word