brash, cheeky, nervy
(adjective) offensively bold; “a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club”; “a nervy thing to say”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash)
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
Synonyms: audacious, brassy, brazen, cocky, undiplomatic
(of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
Synonyms: foolhardy, reckless
(of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
Synonyms: flashy, garish, loud, splashy, Thesaurus:gaudy
brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes)
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
A sudden burst of rain.
(obsolete) An attack or assault.
brash (third-person singular simple present brashes, present participle brashing, simple past and past participle brashed)
(transitive, obsolete) To disturb.
brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash)
(US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes)
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
• Harbs, brahs, h bars, h-bars, hbars, shrab
Source: Wiktionary
Brash, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.]
Definition: Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.
Brash, a. Etym: [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.]
Definition: Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] Bartlett.
Brash, n. Etym: [See Brash brittle.]
1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.
4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane. Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
– Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
