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HAZARD
hazard
(noun) an obstacle on a golf course
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; “bad luck caused his downfall”; “we ran into each other by pure chance”
hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment
(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; “drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
guess, venture, pretend, hazard
(verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”; “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; “When you buy these stocks you are gambling”
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize
(verb) put at risk; “I will stake my good reputation for this”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Hazard (countable and uncountable, plural Hazards)
A surname.
A home rule city, the county seat of Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hazard is the 8176th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4054 individuals. Hazard is most common among White (76.42%) and Black/African American (10.83%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
hazard (countable and uncountable, plural hazards)
(historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Chance. [from 16th c.]
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. [from 19th c.]
(in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
(golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
(billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
(obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
(tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
(programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Synonyms
• (chance): fortune, luck; see also luck
• (chance of suffering harm): adventure
• (anything hazarded or risked): bet, pledge, skin in the game, wager
Hyponyms
• biohazard
• chemical hazard
• geohazard
• health hazard
• moral hazard
• occupational hazard
Verb
hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.
Source: Wiktionary
Haz"ard, n. Etym: [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zar, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzar.]
1. A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty. I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. Rogers
4. (Billiards
Definition: Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. "Your latter hazard." Shak. Hazard table, a a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes.
– To ru, to take the chance or risk.
Syn.
– Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.
Haz"ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. Hazarding.] Etym: [Cf. F. hazarder. See Hazard, n.]
1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on. I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. Shak. They hazard to cut their feet. Landor.
Syn.
– To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
Haz"ard, v. i.
Definition: To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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