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to hash

to hash

1 2.7
To cut meat or potatoes into small pieces for cooking
  • verb
  • /hæʃ/
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  • After an initial face-to-face meeting to hash out the general goals and formats, we used Google Docs to create and share project timeline documents that designated responsibilities for each member of the team.

Examples

  • I have never seen a recipe for hashed Brussels, but I grew up with them and am obsessed.

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  • Thanks for demystifying the art of hashed browns for me! :)

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  • This week we're hashing it out here.

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  • "Look, I haven't had a chance to sit down with Brian and really hash this out.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I boiled and peeled and mashed and hashed an awful lot of potatoes.

    Larry Crowne (2011)

  • For lunch last Sunday, I made us a classic hash brown done in the French manner, which is to put half your hashed potatoes on the bottom of a frying pan in bacon grease, layer on some fresh green onions and pepper, and then layer on the second half of the hashed potatoes.

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  • For lunch last Sunday, I made us a classic hash brown done in the French manner, which is to put half your hashed potatoes on the bottom of a frying pan in bacon grease, layer on some fresh green onions and pepper, and then layer on the second half of the hashed potatoes.

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  • I hashed the leftover potatoes into small pieces for the stew.

  • To make the dish, she decided to hash the vegetables into tiny cubes.

  • After boiling, I hashed the meat finely to mix it with the sauce.

Synonyms

to mince
vsto hash
38 3.1

To cut food into very small pieces

cuts food into small pieces rather than very tiny bits
to dice
vsto hash
36 1.8

To cut food into small cubes

cuts food into small pieces without shaping them into blocks
to cube
vsto hash
5 3.3

To cut food into small square pieces

cuts food into small pieces without making solid block shapes
to collop
vsto hash
  • Archaic
9.9

To cut meat or other food into thin slices

cuts food into small pieces rather than thin flat slices

Idioms

to settle someone's hash
  • Slang
9.3

To punish or defeat someone to stop their harmful actions

Phrasal Verbs

to hash out
  • Informal
20 4.6

Talk about details carefully to reach an agreement

to hash the details
  • Informal
1 6.5

To talk about the exact parts of a plan to reach an agreement

to hash over
  • Informal
1 6.0

Talk about something again in detail

to hash out a deal
  • Informal
4.9

To discuss the details of an agreement until both sides agree

Compounds

corned beef hash
2 2.9

A fried mix of chopped corned beef, potatoes, and onions

hash house
  • Archaic
1 7.2

A cheap casual restaurant that serves simple, large meals

hash slinger
  • Slang
9.4

A cook or server in a small diner

hash head
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who often smokes hash, a kind of illegal drug

hash mark
  • Jargon
6.8

A short stripe on a uniform that shows years of service

hash mark
  • Texting
2.8

The sign '#' used before words to make hashtags and on phone keypads

How Fine

to puree
15 4.0
to mince
38 3.1
to hash
1 2.7
to dice
36 1.8
to chop
193 1.0
slice
194 1.0

Surface Forms

hash infinitive
hashed past
hashed past participle
hashing present participle
hashes third person singular

Etymology

The verb hash comes from the French hacher 'to chop', so to hash food is to cut it into small pieces.