hash (sign)

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hash1
noun
  • 1 a dish of diced cooked meat reheated with potatoes.

    N. Amer. a finely chopped mixture of food.

  • 2 a jumble; a mess.
verb
  • 1 make or chop into a hash.
  • 2 (hash something out) come to agreement after lengthy and vigorous discussion.
– phrases
make a hash of informal make a mess of.
settle someone's hash informal deal with someone in a forceful and decisive manner.
– origin C16: from Fr. hacher, from hache (see hatchet).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hash2
noun informal short for hashish.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hash3
noun Brit. the symbol #.
– origin 1980s: prob. from hatch3, altered by folk etymology.

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