Meaning of hash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
   slang, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
4. A confused mess.
5. The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
6. The result generated by a hash function.
7. 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.
8. A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
9. A hash run.
10. A stupid fellow.
    Scotland

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Examples

“Near-synonym: scramble”

“I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.”

“Oh! no, not Naylor's--the girls have made a hash there, as they do everything else; but we will settle her before they come out again.”

“The keyboard 10 has four named keys (not shown) marked “VIEWDATA”, “PROGRAM”, “PAGE TRANSMIT”, and “CLEAR” and two further keys (marked respectively with an asterisk and a hash symbol) in addition to the numeric keys previously mentioned.”

“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.”

“Most hashes are planned as family affairs, with a shorter "puppy" trail laid for the children.”

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