JEOPARDY

hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment

(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; “drinking alcohol is a health hazard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Jeopardy

Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of a question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek.

Etymology

Noun

jeopardy (usually uncountable, plural jeopardies)

Danger of loss, harm, or failure.

Synonyms

• danger

• hazard

• peril

• risk

• gamble

Verb

jeopardy (third-person singular simple present jeopardies, present participle jeopardying, simple past and past participle jeopardied)

(transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.

Source: Wiktionary

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Jeop"ard*y, n. Etym: [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.]

Definition: Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak.

Syn.

– Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.

Jeop"ard*y, v. t.

Definition: To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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