BRASH

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

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Etymology 1

Adjective

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

Noun

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.

Verb

brash (third-person singular simple present brashes, present participle brashing, simple past and past participle brashed)

(transitive, obsolete) To disturb.

Etymology 2

Adjective

brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash)

(US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Harbs, brahs, h bars, h-bars, hbars, shrab

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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