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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
