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hash

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Noun

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

Verb

  1. To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
  2. To make a quick, rough version.
  3. To transform according to a hash function.
  4. To make a mess of (something); to ruin.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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