HAZARD

Definitions for the word, hazard

(n.) A game of chance played with dice.

(n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.

(n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

(n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

(n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

(n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

(n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.

(v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.