| "Are You?" | Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are you on the trail?" |
| Back check | Trail mark indicating that back tracking is necessary in order to find the true trail because the true trail branches off prior to the check mark |
| Back hare/Sweep hare/Sweeper/checking chicken | Hare who remains with the last runners |
| Bash | Bicycle Hash |
| Beer Check | Beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage stop |
| Beer Near | Trail mark indicating a beverage stop is imminent (note that this could be a few dozen yards or a mile or more of trail depending on the hares) |
| Beermeister/master | The person that supplies the beer, soda, water, and chips for the hash |
| Check | Trail mark indicating the true trail must be sought out from the false trails. |
| Check Hanging | Hanging at a check waiting for other hashers to find true trail before proceeding. |
| Circle | Assembly of hashers at trail's end, normally for the purpose of conducting down-downs |
| "Checking" | Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are You?", indicating that FRB has not determined whether the trail he's following is true or false |
| Check-it-out | Invitation given to the hounds by the hare to find the true trail |
| Count Back (CB#) | Trail mark indicating the hounds should count back the indicated # number of marks and treat that mark as a check |
| DFL | Dead Fucking Last: the last hound(s) on the trail. |
| Down-Down | The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor) |
| Eurohash | International hashing event held in Europe in odd-numbered years |
| False trail | A short trail ended with the Tee sign, three lines, or other mark indicating termination |
| FRB | Front-Running Bastard: faster members of the pack, or the first to arrive at the on-in. |
| Grand Master/Mistress (GM) | Mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the hash. This term is, in many hashes, given to the Hash Master/Mistress after his tenure. |
| Grand Mattress (GM) | Synonym for Grand Mistress. |
| Haberdasher | Mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc. |
| Hare | Hasher who lays the trail. |
| Hare Raiser | Mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for future trails |
| Harriette | Female hasher |
| Hash Bones | Often a doctor or nurse in real life who is able to give first aid (and administer mouth-to-mouth to opposite sex kennel members if need be) - in kennels hashing in "forn" and hostile places this position is more often filled than in civilised parts of the globe |
| Hash Cash | Mismanagement member; the treasurer |
| Hash Flash | Designated photographer for hash events |
| Hash Handle | See Hash Name, it's the same thing. |
| Hash Horn | Mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on trail, blows it to encourage and guide the pack |
| Hash House | The Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash |
| Hash House Harrier/Harriette | Any hasher |
| Hash Master (HM) | Mismanagement member, Lead of Ceremonies. |
| Hash Mistress | Mismanagement member, Female Lead of Ceremonies. |
| Hash Name | Nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all hashes. |
| Hash Trash | see 'The Words'. |
| Hash Shit | Offensive or embarrassing object awarded to a hasher for notable on-trail accomplishments, normally carried by the awardee on subsequent trails until it is awarded to someone else. |
| Hasherdabber | Synonym for Haberdasher. |
| Hashing | The act of running a hash trail |
| Hashit | Synonym for Hash Shit. |
| Held/hold Check | Trail mark indicating an intersection where true trail may take another direction, but requires hashers to wait until ordered by the hare to 'check it out' |
| Horrors | Children of hashers |
| Hounds | The body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also Pack |
| Interhash | World hash gathering |
| Kennel or Chapter | Local Hash Group |
| "Last Mark?" | Shouted by hashers who have lost the trail, and are now trying to determine the last known location of a mark. |
| Live Hare | Hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he or she lays trail |
| "Looking" | Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are You?", indicating that FRB has lost the true trail |
| Mismanagement | Hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed |
| Nash hash | A national gathering of Hashers |
| New Boot | Hash newbie; first-time hasher. |
| "On Call" | Shouted in response to "Are you" by a hashers to indicate that while they do not see any trail markings, they are following someone else's "On On" calls. |
| On In | Trail's end, also On-Inn; trail mark indicating proximity to end |
| "On On" | Shouted by FRBs or hounds (or hashers) to indicate they are on true trail. Only shouted by a hasher to indicate they see true trail markings. See also "On Call" |
| On Sec | Mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc |
| Puppies | Children of hashers, see "Horrors" |
| Receding Hareline | List of up-and-coming hash events, normally printed in The Words |
| Religious Advisor (RA) | Mismanagement member, often in charge of Circle, also in charge of blessing the hash and settling disputes over tradition |
| Scribe | Mismanagement member normally in charge of writing The Words |
| SCB | Short-Cutting Bastard: habitual short-cutter |
| Shiggy | Thick vegetation, streams, etc; especially mud. See also Vertical Shiggy. |
| Sweeper | see Back hare |
| Tankard | mug, often in pewter, nowadays also seen in wood, with hash handle engraved, to be used as drinking vessel during circle or generally during a hash event |
| The Words/Hash Trash | Weekly hash newspaper mainly recounting the events of the last run, written by the Hare(s) |
| Vertical Shiggy | Used to describe trails with significant uphill and downhill climbs. A trail with vertical shiggy might be flat on a map but include several thousand feet of vertical changes. |
| Virgin | Hash newbie; first-time hasher. |
| YBF | You've been fucked; like a back check, but found at the end of a very long false trail. |
