hazard
/ˈhæzɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.98 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; (later also) a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty.
Countable
noun
Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[T]here's Harry diets himself—for gaming and is now under a hazard Regimen."
- "All the young men go to Spratt’s after their balls. It is de rigueur, my dear; and they play billiards as they used to play macao and hazard in Mr. Fox’s time."
- "Hazard at the clubs and in fashionable society was conducted with all decorum. It was unfashionable and unpardonable to show any display of feeling at losses or gains."
- "She realized then that, of course, no one was playing hazard. Dice games were technically illegal, and certainly improper."
- "I will stand the hazard of the die."
- "I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhæzɚd/
- British English: /ˈhæzəd/