losing hazard

noun

See under hazard(def 8).

Words nearby losing hazard

losel, loser, losey, losing, losing battle, a, losing hazard, losingest, losings, loslyf, loss, loss adjuster

Definition for losing hazard (2 of 2)

hazard

[ haz-erd ]

/ ˈhæz ərd /

noun

an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.

something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city.

the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty: There is an element of hazard in the execution of the most painstaking plans.

Golf. a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle.

the uncertainty of the result in throwing a die.

a game played with two dice, an earlier and more complicated form of craps.

Court Tennis. any of the winning openings.

(in English billiards) a stroke by which the player pockets the object ball (winning hazard) or his or her own ball after contact with another ball (losing hazard).

verb (used with object)

to offer (a statement, conjecture, etc.) with the possibility of facing criticism, disapproval, failure, or the like; venture: He hazarded a guess, with trepidation, as to her motives in writing the article.

to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk: In making the investment, he hazarded all his savings.

to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.): Thieves hazard arrest.

to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue): to hazard a dangerous encounter.

Origin of hazard

1250–1300; Middle English hasard < Old French, perhaps < Arabic al-zahr the die

SYNONYMS FOR hazard

3 accident, fortuity, fortuitousness.

10 stake, endanger, peril, imperil.

ANTONYMS FOR hazard

1 safety.

synonym study for hazard

1. See danger.

OTHER WORDS FROM hazard

haz·ard·a·ble, adjective haz·ard·er, noun haz·ard·less, adjective pre·haz·ard, adjective

un·haz·ard·ed, adjective un·haz·ard·ing, adjective well-haz·ard·ed, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for losing hazard

hazard

/ (ˈhæzəd) /

noun

exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc

at hazard at risk; in danger

a thing likely to cause injury, etc

golf an obstacle such as a bunker, a road, rough, water, etc

chance; accident (esp in the phrase by hazard)

a gambling game played with two dice

real tennis

the receiver's side of the court
one of the winning openings

billiards a scoring stroke made either when a ball other than the striker's is pocketed (winning hazard) or the striker's cue ball itself (losing hazard)

verb (tr)

to chance or risk

to venture (an opinion, guess, etc)

to expose to danger

Derived forms of hazard

hazardable, adjective hazard-free, adjective

Word Origin for hazard

C13: from Old French hasard, from Arabic az-zahr the die

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losing hazard

noun

Words nearby losing hazard

Definition for losing hazard (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of hazard

SYNONYMS FOR hazard

ANTONYMS FOR hazard

synonym study for hazard

OTHER WORDS FROM hazard

British Dictionary definitions for losing hazard

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of hazard

Word Origin for hazard