Hazard

['hæzəd] or ['hæzɚd]

Definition

(noun.) an obstacle on a golf course.

(noun.) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; 'drinking alcohol is a health hazard'.

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Definition

(n.) A game of chance played with dice.

(n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

(n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

(n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

(n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.

(n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

(n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.

(v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Edited by Ingram

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event.[2]. Danger, peril, risk, jeopardy.

v. a. Venture, adventure, risk, jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard.

Typist: Martha

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Peril, risk, jeopardy, danger, chance, imperil, dare

ANT:Safety, security, protection, warrant, certainty, calculation, law

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Definition

n. a game played with a dice-box and two dice by any number of players: chance: accident: risk: (billiards) the pocketing of the object ball (winning hazard) of the player's own ball after contact (losing hazard): (tennis) the side of the court into which the ball is served: (golf) a general term for all difficulties on a golf-links—bunkers long grass roads water whins &c.—v.t. to expose to chance: to risk: to venture.—v.i. to run a risk.—adj. Haz′ardable.—n. Haz′ardise (Spens.) hazard.—adj. Haz′ardous dangerous: perilous: uncertain.—adv. Haz′ardously.—ns. Haz′ardousness; Haz′ardry (Spens.) playing at games of hazard or chance: rashness; Chick′en-haz′ard a game of chance with very small stakes.

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