Definition of Hazard

  • (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.

Homophones of Hazard