hazard Definition

hazard
noun

1. A risk of harm or danger.
2. Something which is likely to cause harm or danger.

Thesaurus: danger, menace, threat, peril, risk; misfortune, mischance, mishap.
3. golf.
An obstacle on a golf course, such as water, a bunker, etc.
4. Chance; accident.

Thesaurus: luck, accident, chance, possibility.
5. A game played with two dice.
6a. real tennis.
The side of the court into which the ball is served;
6b. real tennis.
Each of the winning openings in a tennis court.
7. billiards.
A scoring stroke in which either the striker pockets a ball other than his own (a winning hazard), or his own cue ball is pocketed (a losing hazard).

verb hazarded, hazarding

1. To put forward (a guess, suggestion, etc).
2. To risk.

Thesaurus: venture, risk, gamble, speculate, dare, presume, attempt, chance.
3. To expose to danger.

Thesaurus: endanger, jeopardize, imperil.

Etymology: 13c: from French hasard.