ALL meanings of hazard
haz·ard
H h - noun hazard an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards. 1
- noun hazard something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city. 1
- noun hazard the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty: There is an element of hazard in the execution of the most painstaking plans. 1
- noun hazard Golf. a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle. 1
- noun hazard the uncertainty of the result in throwing a die. 1
- noun hazard a game played with two dice, an earlier and more complicated form of craps. 1
- noun hazard Court Tennis. any of the winning openings. 1
- noun hazard (in English billiards) a stroke by which the player pockets the object ball (winning hazard) or his or her own ball after contact with another ball (losing hazard) 1
- verb with object hazard to offer (a statement, conjecture, etc.) with the possibility of facing criticism, disapproval, failure, or the like; venture: He hazarded a guess, with trepidation, as to her motives in writing the article. 1
- verb with object hazard to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk: In making the investment, he hazarded all his savings. 1
- verb with object hazard to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.): Thieves hazard arrest. 1
- verb with object hazard to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue): to hazard a dangerous encounter. 1
- idioms hazard at hazard, at risk; at stake; subject to chance: His reputation was at hazard in his new ventures. 1
- noun hazard A danger or risk. 1
- noun hazard sthg to avoid 1
- noun hazard bad aspect 1
- transitive verb hazard attempt 1
- noun hazard golf 1
- transitive verb hazard brave, deal with 1
- noun hazard (historical) A type of game played with dice. 0
- noun hazard Chance. 0
- noun hazard The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. 0
- noun hazard An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. 0
- noun hazard (golf) sand or water obstacle on a golf course. 0
- noun hazard (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 0
- noun hazard Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling. 0
- verb hazard To expose to chance; to take a risk. 0
- verb hazard To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on. 0
- countable noun hazard A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation. 0
- verb hazard If you hazard someone or something, you put them into a situation which might be dangerous for them. 0
- verb hazard If you hazard or if you hazard a guess, you make a suggestion about something which is only a guess and which you know might be wrong. 0
- noun hazard exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc 0
- noun hazard a thing likely to cause injury, etc 0
- noun hazard an obstacle such as a bunker, a road, rough, water, etc 0
- noun hazard chance; accident (esp in the phrase by hazard) 0
- noun hazard a gambling game played with two dice 0
- noun hazard the receiver's side of the court 0
- noun hazard one of the winning openings 0
- noun hazard a scoring stroke made either when a ball other than the striker's is pocketed (winning hazard) or the striker's cue ball itself (losing hazard) 0
- verb hazard to chance or risk 0
- verb hazard to venture (an opinion, guess, etc) 0
- verb hazard to expose to danger 0
- noun hazard an early game of chance played with dice, from which craps is derived 0
- noun hazard chance, or a chance occurrence 0
- noun hazard risk; peril; danger; jeopardy 0
- noun hazard something risked 0
- noun hazard an obstacle on a golf course, such as a trap, bunker, or pond 0
- noun hazard any of the three openings on the side (hazard side) of the court in which service is received 0
- verb transitive hazard to expose to danger; chance; risk 0
- verb transitive hazard to attempt or venture 0