What does brash mean?

Definitions for brash
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brash, cheeky, nervyadjective

    offensively bold

    "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

Wiktionary

  1. brashnoun

    Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.

  2. brashadjective

    impetuous or rash

  3. brashadjective

    insensitive or tactless

  4. brashadjective

    impudent or shameless

ChatGPT

  1. brash

    Brash typically refers to self-assertive in an aggressive, rude or noisy way. It can also be used to describe something as striking or noticeable in an excessively flashy, bright, or bold manner. In case of objects, it can mean hasty or rushed, without due thought or consideration.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brashadjective

    hasty in temper; impetuous

  2. Brashadjective

    brittle, as wood or vegetables

  3. Brashnoun

    a rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness

  4. Brashnoun

    refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges

  5. Brashnoun

    broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits

  6. Brashnoun

    broken fragments of ice

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Brash

    brash, n. broken and angular fragments of rock which occasionally form the basement bed of alluvial deposits: fragments of crushed ice: clippings of hedges or trees.—adj. Brash′y. [Prob. Fr. brèche.]

  2. Brash

    brash, n. a slight attack of illness: an eructation or belching of acid water from the stomach—water-brash: a sudden burst of rain: (obs.) an attack.—v.t. to disturb. [Scot.; prob. onomatopœic.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. brash

    Small fragments of crushed ice, collected by wind or currents, near the shore; or such that the ship can easily force through.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BRASH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brash is ranked #38265 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Brash surname appeared 579 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brash.

    82.7% or 479 total occurrences were White.
    7.2% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
    3.9% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.4% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.5% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brash in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of brash in a Sentence

  1. Mickey Mehta:

    Today life is going through unstable paces, animals slaved in cages and food exhibited in show-cases. We eat thrash, our language is brash, life is a dash and humanity is about to crash. Black is cash, party is a bash and cleansing is just a splash. Wake up, come back to nature or else a human being will just be reduced to a caricature . Let your life be naturalized, get MickeyMized.

  2. Seth Ferranti:

    I was surprised Alpo was being that bold and brash – the dude is not bulletproof, a lot of these Mafia mobsters are on YouTube or the internet as well-known informants enjoying their notoriety and their infamy on social media but they’re even not going back to where they’re from.

  3. Michael Cunningham:

    He wants to look like the brash young guy who is taking the world by storm...He wears this Beatles style haircut, but it doesn't quite work.

  4. Paul Bernhardt:

    Sometimes, the dominance is aggressive in style, though usually not, more often, it's loud, brash behavior or other displays that exhibit a feeling of status gain.

  5. Anne Sebba:

    I think the problem for Wallis really was that she was brash, she would walk into a room and say, 'Hi, I'm Wallis.' She'd wear lots of jewelry. She'd talk about money.

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Translations for brash

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  • необмислен, нахален, стремителен, безсрамен, нетактиченBulgarian
  • dreist, taktlos, ungestüm, ungezogenGerman
  • tosco, irreflexivo, precipitadoSpanish
  • irréfléchi, agressif, gonflé, culottéFrench
  • 勇敢なJapanese
  • nietaktownyPolish
  • нахальный, стремительный, бестактный, бесстыдный, нечувствительныйRussian
  • netaktný, bezcitnýSlovak
  • terbiyesiz, utanmadanTurkish
  • 性急的Chinese

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