Noun

(en noun)

(historical) A type of game played with dice.

Chance.

* , Richard III , act 5, scene 4:

I will stand the hazard of the die.

* 2006 May 20, John Patterson, The Guardian :

I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.

He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

* (rfdate) Rogers:

Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard .

* 1599 , Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar :

Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard .

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* 2009 December 27, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian :

Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards , snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.

An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.

The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards .

(golf) sand or water obstacle on a golf course

(billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard'') or the player's ball (''losing hazard ).

Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.

* (rfdate) Shakespeare:

your latter hazard