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Webster 1913 Edition


Hazard

Haz′ard

(hăz′ẽrd)
,
Noun.
[F.
hasard
, Sp.
azar
an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar.
zahr
,
zār
, a die, which, with the article
al
the, would give
azzahr
,
azzār
.]
1.
A game of chance played with dice.
Chaucer.
2.
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
I will stand the
hazard
of the die.
Shakespeare
3.
Risk; danger; peril;
as, 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
.
Rogers.
4.
(Billiards)
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player’s ball (losing hazard).
5.
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
“Your latter hazard.”
Shak.
Syn. – Danger; risk; chance. See
Danger
.

Haz′ard

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hazarded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hazarding
.]
[Cf. F.
hasarder
. See
Hazard
,
Noun.
]
1.
To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
Men
hazard
nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
John Clarke.
He
hazards
his neck to the halter.
Fuller.
2.
To venture to incur, or bring on.
I
hazarded
the loss of whom I loved.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.

Haz′ard

(hăz′ẽrd)
,
Verb.
I.
To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hazard

HAZ'ARD

,
Noun.
[L. casus, a fall, and ard, the common termination.]
1.
Chance; accident; casualty; a fortuitous event; that which falls or comes suddenly or unexpectedly, the cause of which is unknown, or whose operation is unforeseen or unexpected.
I will stand the hazard of the die.
2.
Danger; peril; risk. 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.
3.
A game at dice.
To run the hazard, to risk; to take the chance; to do or neglect to do something, when the consequences are not foreseen, and not within the powers of calculation.

HAZ'ARD

,
Verb.
T.
To expose to chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk; as, to hazard life to save a friend; to hazard an estate on the throw of a dice; to hazard salvation for temporal pleasure.
Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
1.
To venture to incur, or bring on; as, to hazard the loss or reputation.

HAZ'ARD

,
Verb.
I.
To try the chance; to adventure; to run the risk or danger.
Pause a day or two, before you hazard--

Definition 2024


hazard

hazard

English

Noun

hazard (countable and uncountable, plural hazards)

  1. (historical) A type of game played with dice. [from 14th c.]
  2. Chance. [from 16th c.]
    • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, act 5, scene 4:
      I will stand the hazard of the die.
    • 2006 May 20, John Patterson, The Guardian:
      I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.
  3. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
    He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Rogers
      Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard.
    • 1599, Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar:
      Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      He then launched forth into a panegyric on Allworthy's goodness; into the highest encomiums on his friendship; and concluded by saying, he should never forgive his brother for having put the place which he bore in that friendship to a hazard.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
      If successful, Edison and Fordin 1914would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars:  [] .
    • 2009 December 27, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian:
      Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards, snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.
  4. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. [from 19th c.]
    The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
  5. (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
  6. (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
  7. (obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
    • c.1600?, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
      But if you please
      To shoot another arrow that self way
      Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
      As I will watch the aim, or to find both
      Or bring your latter hazard back again
      And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)

  1. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Clarke
      Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Fuller
      He hazards his neck to the halter.
  2. To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
      I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Landor
      They hazard to cut their feet.
    I'll hazard a guess.
Translations

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from German [Term?], from Old French hasart.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦazart/

Noun

hazard m

  1. gambling
  2. risk, gamble

Declension

References

  1. hazard in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

French

Noun

hazard m (plural hazards)

  1. Archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before 1800

Italian

Noun

hazard m (invariable)

  1. hazard lights (on a vehicle)

Middle French

Noun

hazard m (plural hazards)

  1. hazard; obstacle

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.zart/

Noun

hazard m inan

  1. (singular only) gambling
  2. (electronics) race condition

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xǎzard/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧zard

Noun

hàzard m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀зард)

  1. gamble, gambling
  2. risk, hazard

Declension