hazard.
A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Meaning & usage
A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Chance; accident, unpredictability.
The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
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.
The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.
A cabstand, especially in Dublin.
A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.
I'll hazard a guess.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.
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