Hazard

[Haz·ard]

If something is a hazard, it is a potential source of danger. Balloons are fun, but they're a hazard for little kids who might put them in their mouths.

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A game of chance played with dice.

Noun
an obstacle on a golf course

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"

Noun
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health 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"

Verb
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

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Verb
put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"

n.
A game of chance played with dice.

n.
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

n.
Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

n.
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

n.
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.

n.
To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

n.
To venture to incur, or bring on.

v. i.
To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Hazard

Haz"ard , n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z'ber, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz'ber.] 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.
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.
4. (Billiards) 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 the hazard, to take the chance or risk. Syn. -- Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.

Hazard

Haz"ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. Hazarding.] [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.
He hazards his neck to the halter.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
They hazard to cut their feet.
Syn. -- To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.

Hazard

Haz"ard , v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.

A game of chance played with dice.

To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

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Usage Examples

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.