Englishhash1
noun
I used a whole hash of excuses:
mixture, assortment, variety, array, mixed bag, mix, miscellany, random collection, motley collection, selection, medley, melange, mishmash, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pot-pourri, jumble, farrago, patchwork;
informal mash-up;
rare gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, olla podrida, salmagundi, macédoine, motley.
□ make a hash of
informal
he made a hash of a simple penalty:
make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up;
mismanage, mishandle, misdirect, misgovern, misconduct, mar, spoil, ruin, wreck;
informal muff, muck up, foul up, screw up, louse up, bitch up, blow, foozle;
British, informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up;
North American, informal flub, goof up, bobble;
vulgar slang fuck up;
British, vulgar slang balls up, bugger up.
▷antonyms manage successfully.