hash

Definition

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "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."