damp squib vs hash

damp squib

noun
  • A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly. 

  • Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud. 

hash

noun
  • A confused mess. 

  • The # symbol (octothorpe, pound). 

  • A hash run. 

  • A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing. 

  • A stupid fellow. 

  • 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. 

  • The result generated by a hash function. 

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

  • Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant. 

verb
  • To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash. 

  • To transform according to a hash function. 

  • To make a quick, rough version. 

  • To make a mess of (something); to ruin. 

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