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.

a mess, jumble, or muddle

a hash of unorganized facts and figures.

a reworking of old and familiar material

This essay is a hash of several earlier and better works.

Computers . garbage ( def. 7 ) .

Radio and Television Slang . electrical noise on a radio or snow in a television picture caused by interfering outside sources that generate sparking.

to chop into small pieces; make into hash; mince.

to muddle or mess up

We thought we knew our parts, but when the play began we hashed the whole thing.

to discuss or review (something) thoroughly (often fol. by out )

They hashed out every aspect of the issue.

hash over, to bring up again for consideration; discuss, esp. in review

At the class reunion they hashed over their college days.

make a hash of

to spoil or botch

The new writer made a hash of his first assignment.

settle someone's hash

Informal . to get rid of; subdue

Her blunt reply really settled my hash.

noun

assortment , clutter , confusion , hodgepodge * , hotchpotch , jumble , litter , medley , mlange , miscellany , mishmash * , muddle * , salmagundi * , shambles * , stew * , foul-up , mess , muddle , shambles , chop , consider , gallimaufry , hodgepodge , mangle , mince , mixture , olio , ollapodrida , potpourri , rchauff (rehash) , ragout , review

verb

bandy , moot , talk over , thrash out , thresh out , toss around