Associations to the word «Hazarding»

Wiktionary

HAZARD, noun. (historical) A type of game played with dice. [from 14th c.]
HAZARD, noun. Chance. [from 16th c.]
HAZARD, noun. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
HAZARD, noun. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. [from 19th c.]
HAZARD, noun. (golf) sand or water obstacle on a golf course
HAZARD, noun. (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
HAZARD, noun. Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
HAZARD, verb. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
HAZARD, verb. To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.
HAZARD REDUCTION BURN, noun. (AU) A deliberately lit fire in bush or grassland, under favourable conditions, used to reduce the fuel available for a wildfire.

Dictionary definition

HAZARD, noun. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard".
HAZARD, noun. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance".
HAZARD, noun. An obstacle on a golf course.
HAZARD, verb. Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong".
HAZARD, verb. Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this".
HAZARD, verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn