Sekirov Dictionary

hazard

UK /ˈhæzəd/US /ˈhæzɚd/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 2

noun10

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The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
- He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
•
A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; (later also) a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty.
- The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.
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.
•
Chance; accident, unpredictability.
- I will stand the hazard of the die. — 1597
•
(historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- [T]here's Harry diets himself—for gaming and is now under a hazard Regimen. — 1777
A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
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(Ireland, historical) A cabstand, especially in Dublin.
- Mr Bloom went round the corner and passed the drooping nags of the hazard. — 1922
(no longer used) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.

verb2

•
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
- to be consistent, you ought to be a Christian in temper and practice; for you hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience — 1676
•
To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.
- I'll hazard a guess.

forms

hazarded · hazarding · hazardeth · hazards · hazardest

Phrases with hazard

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