stash

stash

See also: slash

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick +‎ cache or stow +‎ cache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.

   They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.

Translations

collection

Finnish: kätkö (fi) French: réserve secrète f, planque (fr) f, cachette (fr) f German: geheimes Lager n Russian: тайни́к (ru) m (tajník); (colloquial) зага́шник (ru) m (zagášnik); (slang or colloquial) ны́чка (ru) f (nýčka), заны́чка f (zanýčka), зана́чка (ru) f (zanáčka),

Serbo-Croatian: zaliha (sh), tajna zaliha, залиха f, тајна залиха f Spanish: reserva (es), secreto (es), depósito (es) m Turkish: gizli depo (tr)

Verb

stash (third-person singular simple present stashes, present participle stashing, simple past and past participle stashed)

1. To hide or store away for later use.

   He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

Synonyms

• hive up

Translations

store away for later use

Dutch: opslaan (nl), opbergen (nl), verstoppen (nl) Finnish: kätkeä (fi) French: mettre de côté (fr) German: bunkern (de), verstecken (de) Italian: mettere da parte

Portuguese: reservar (pt) Russian: припря́тывать (ru) (priprjátyvatʹ), (slang) ны́кать (ru) (nýkatʹ) Spanish: reservar (es) Turkish: emin yere saklamak (tr)

Etymology 2

Apheretic clipping of mustache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. (nonstandard, informal, slang) mustache

Anagrams

• thass