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 8176^th 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

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins