1. (n.)hazard something causing danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city.
2. hazard the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty.
3. hazard a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an obstacle on a golf course.
4. hazard a game played with two dice, an earlier and more complicated form of craps.
5. hazard (in court tennis) any of the winning openings.
6. (v.t.)hazard to offer (a statement, conjecture, etc.) with the possibility of facing criticism, disapproval, failure, or the like; venture: to hazard a guess.
7. hazard to put to the risk of being lost; expose to risk.
8. hazard to take or run the risk of (a misfortune, penalty, etc.).
9. hazard to venture upon (anything of doubtful issue): to hazard a dangerous encounter.
Definition of 'Hazard'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
2. (noun)luck, fortune, chance, hazard 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"
4. (verb)guess, venture, pretend, hazard 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"
5. (verb)venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize put at risk "I will stake my good reputation for this"
6. (verb)gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
8. (verb)Hazard to try the chance; to encounter risk or danger
Definition of 'Hazard'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Hazard A condition with the potential to cause injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation. See also injury; risk.