I. ˈhash, -aa(ə)sh, -aish verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: French hacher, from Old French hachier, from hache battle-ax, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hāppa sickle, pruning knife; akin to Greek koptein to smite, cut off — more at capon
transitive verb
1.
a. : to chop to pieces ; specifically : to prepare for use in a meat and vegetable dish by cutting into small pieces
hash the leftover pot roast
b. : to make a confused muddle of : jumble
in both dates and geography he pretty well hashes the history of the … company — Bernard De Voto
2. : to cut with long strokes : slash
they are … hashing them down, and their blood is running down like water — Patrick Walker
3. : to talk about : review
hash and rehash the evidence — D.W.Peck
intransitive verb
1. slang : to serve food in a restaurant : wait table
got my job back hashing — R.P.Warren
2. : to marshal facts : consider
we've hashed and rehashed enough — Hamilton Basso
II. noun
( -es )
1.
a. : chopped food ; specifically : a dish usually consisting of leftover meat chopped into small pieces, mixed with potatoes, and browned by baking or frying
b. slang : a meal especially in a cafeteria or at a lunch counter : food
called last week and took hash with us — Gringo & Greaser
waiter in a hash joint — Scott Fitzgerald
2. : a restatement of something that is already known
this much is old hash , but the … tabulation goes on to supply some curious verification — New York Herald Tribune
3. : mixture , jumble , hodgepodge : as
a. : a confused muddle : mess
made rather a hash of her life — Clive Arden
one basic style of architecture with a hash of every other style slapped on by successive owners — Sam Boal
b. : an undesired signal or combination of signals in a radio, radar, or television receiver due to set noise, radio noise, interference, or other cause
c. : a medley of miscellaneous steps and figures in square dancing
4. chiefly Scotland : a careless or stupid person of slovenly speech or habits : worthless fellow
III. ˈ(h)ash
dialect
variant of harsh
IV. ˈhash, -aa(ə)sh, -aish noun
Etymology: by shortening
: hashish