Hazard

Quick meaning: Hazard is a noun meaning The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.

Meaning

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.

More Meanings

1. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
2. (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.
3. (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
4. (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
5. (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
6. (obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.

Example Sentences

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.

The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.

Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.

Word Forms

• hazards
• hazarding
• hazarded

Synonyms for hazard

Depending on context, synonyms include fortune, luck, adventure, bet, pledge, wager.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jeopardize, peril, risk, adventure, venture, chance.

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