单词 | hash-up |
释义 | hash-upn. slang (chiefly depreciative). rare in North American use. 1. A reuse of old ideas or material presented in a new guise or form; a rehash. Also: a hastily cooked meal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > patching together > something patched together réchauffé1805 hash-up1827 patch-up1898 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > remodelled hash1653 rifacimento1757 réchauffé1805 hash-up1827 rehandling1855 1827 Examiner 9 Dec. 774/1 The sudden withdrawal of Forget and Forgive immediately followed the malapropos discovery that it was merely a hash-up of an old unfortunate comedy by Holcroft. 1862 Liverpool Mercury 18 June 5/6 I don't know that cheese is legitimate. Lobster is classical, but not a hash-up, such as they give at grand stands and public dinners; let each be eaten separately. 1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray ii. 71 Dreams are only a hash-up of one's day-thoughts. 1902 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 6 452 While sharing their ‘hash-up’, he had [determined] to pitch camp on the [gum] field. 1970 Times 28 Feb. (Sat. Review section) p. iv/5 A style perilously close to certain Colour Supplement hash-ups and clearly aligned for Overground consumption. 1980 K. Keeton in S. Kent Remember the Future ii. 28 Skylab was literally a hash-up. It was assembled out of leftover parts from the Apollo and Gemini programs. It was a wonderously successful hash-up. 2. A mess, a muddle; a fiasco, a failure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 1860 Knickerbocker Mar. 314 An accident happened, a terrible ‘smash-up’, That made of the millionaire's lame leg a ‘hash up’. 1894 To-day 12 May 23/1 He [sc. Dickens] is..at sea in every detail, putting the umpire behind the wickets, making the bowler call ‘Play’, and generally making a hash up of terms. 1921 R. M. Ayres Marriage of Barry Wicklow vi. 39 What a hash-up! What a ghastly contretemps! 1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 July 1/2 The summit..has been a shemozzle, a hash-up, with Mr Hawke and Mr Keating totally annihilated by the unions. 2017 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 12 Sept. 58 There was a hash-up with the last fight... My opponent came in about a stone heavier than me but you just have to get on with it and fight what's in front of you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827 |
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