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make a hash of

make a hash of verb: to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing.

Verb

make a hash of (third-person singular simple present makes a hash of, present participle making a hash of, simple past and past participle made a hash of)

  1. to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing.
    • I generally make a hash of talking to boys I like; it's so frustrating.
    • Pouring drinks is one thing I always make a hash of, so please help yourselves.
    Synonyms:
    mess up, muck up, stuff up, make a mess of, make a Horlicks of, screw up, cock up, fuck up, balls up, bugger up

make a hash of meaning in Malayalam

make a hash of in Malayalam

mess up, bungle, fluff
നാനാവിധമാക്കുക, കുളമാക്കുക, ചളമാക്കുക, കുഴയ്ക്കുക, അബദ്ധം കാണിക്കുക, മോശമായി അശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ചെയ്യുക

Synonyms of make a hash of

All synonyms of make a hash of

Forms of make a hash of

third-person singular presentmakes a hash of
present participlemaking a hash of
past participlemade a hash of
pastmade a hash of

Questions about make a hash of

What does make a hash of mean?
Make a hash of means to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing.
What is make a hash of in Malayalam?
Make a hash of in Malayalam is നാനാവിധമാക്കുക, കുളമാക്കുക, ചളമാക്കുക. See Make a hash of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is make a hash of?
Make a hash of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a hash of?
The past tense of make a hash of is made a hash of.

Words near make a hash of in the dictionary

  1. make a fortune
  2. make a go of
  3. make a good fist of
  4. make a grab
  5. make a habit of
  6. make a hash of
  7. make a hole
  8. make a joke of
  9. make a killing
  10. make a leg
  11. make a light

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make a hash of (page history and authors); make a hash of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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