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• hash — hash1 [hash] vt. [Fr hacher, to chop, mince: see HACHURE] 1. to chop (meat or vegetables) into small pieces for cooking 2. Informal to make a mess or botch of; bungle n. 1. a chopped mixture of cooked meat and vegetables, usually baked or browned …   English World dictionary

• hash — Ⅰ. hash [1] ► NOUN 1) a dish of diced cooked meat reheated with potatoes. 2) a jumble; a mess. ► VERB ▪ make or chop into a hash. ● make a hash of Cf. ↑make a hash of …   English terms dictionary

• settle someone's hash — (slang) To silence or subdue someone • • • Main Entry: ↑hash * * * I informal deal with and subdue someone in no uncertain manner II see hash I …   Useful english dictionary

• settle someone's hash — ► settle someone s hash informal deal with and subdue someone in no uncertain manner. Main Entry: ↑hash …   English terms dictionary

• settle — 1. v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by down) establish or become established in a more or less permanent abode or way of life. 2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by down) a cease or cause to cease from wandering, disturbance, movement, etc. b adopt a… …   Useful english dictionary

• settle someone’s hash — tv. to calm someone down, perhaps by threats or by violence. □ If he comes in here, I’ll settle his hash. □ Now, that ought to settle your hash …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• hash — hash1 /hash/, n. 1. a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy. 2. a mess, jumble, or muddle: a hash of …   Universalium

• hash — 1. noun /hæʃ/ a) Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef. b) A confused mess. Oh! no, not Naylorsthe girls have made a… …   Wiktionary

• hash — 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… …   English new terms dictionary

• settle someone's hash — verb To physically or verbally subdue someone. Wait and see old Caleb Quirk get into the box. Ill settle his hash in half a minute …   Wiktionary

• hash — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and recooked. 2 a a mixture; a jumble. b a mess. 3 re used or recycled material. v.tr. (often foll. by up) 1 make (meat etc.) into a hash. 2 recycle (old material). Phrases and idioms:… …   Useful english dictionary