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hazard

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Synonyms: mazard, hazzard, nazard, hasard, lazard, havard, hazara, hagard, hazar

Antonyms: mazard, hazzard, nazard, hasard, lazard, havard, hazara, hagard, hazar

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|now|chiefly|historical}} A [[Wikipedia:Hazard (game)|game of chance]] played with [[dice]], usually for [[monetary]] [[stake]]s, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  2. {{senseid|en|chance_16th}} [[chance|Chance]]; [[accident]], [[unpredictability]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[risk]] of some [[loss]] or [[harm]]; [[danger]], [[peril]], the chance of an adverse outcome. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  4. {{lb|en|countable}} A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; {{i|later also}} a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  5. {{lb|en|real tennis}} Each of the various [[opening]]s or [[galleries]] around the side of a court. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a [[stake]] in gambling. {{defdate|16th–17th c.}}
  7. {{lb|en|billiards}} A [[stroke]] which results in [[pot]]ting a [[ball]], whether the [[object ball]] (''winning hazard'') or the player's ball (''losing hazard''). {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
  8. {{lb|en|golf}} Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water [[obstacle]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
  9. {{lb|en|Ireland|now|historical}} A [[cabstand]], especially in Dublin. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
  10. {{lb|en|programming}} A problem with the [[instruction]] [[pipeline]] in [[CPU]] [[microarchitecture]]s when the next instruction cannot [[execute]] in the following [[clock cycle]], potentially leading to incorrect results. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}

Verb

  1. To [[expose]] to [[chance]]; to take a [[risk]].
  2. To [[risk]] (something); to [[venture]], [[incur]], or [[bring on]].

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.
  2. {{place|en|home rule city/county seat|co/Perry County|s/Kentucky|c/USA}}.

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