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Hazard
ˈhazəd
Hazard definitions
noun
hazard
hazards
- a danger or risk
"the hazards of childbirth"
- a potential source of danger
"a safety hazard"
- a permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream
- chance; probability
"we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard"
- a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules
- (in real tennis) each of the winning openings in the court
- a stroke with which a ball is pocketed
- the pocketing of the cue ball off another ball
- the pocketing of the object ball
verb
hazard
hazarded
hazarding
hazards
- say (something) in a tentative way
"he hazarded a guess"
- put (something) at risk of being lost
"the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on"