Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash(noun)

   any red eruption of the skin

2. rash, blizzard(adj)

   a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

   "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits"

3. rash(adj)

   imprudently incurring risk

   "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith

4. foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless(adj)

   marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

   "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rash(Noun)

   An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

2. rash(Noun)

   A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

   There has been a rash of vandalism lately.

3. rash(Adjective)

   hasty, not careful or considered.

Origin: From rash, rasch

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rash(verb)

   to pull off or pluck violently

2. Rash(verb)

   to slash; to hack; to cut; to slice

3. Rash(noun)

   a fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation

4. Rash(noun)

   an inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted

5. Rash

   sudden in action; quick; hasty

6. Rash

   requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent

7. Rash

   esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander

8. Rash

   uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures

9. Rash

   so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn

10. Rash(verb)

    to prepare with haste

Origin: [OF. rasche an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rash

   rash, adj. (comp. Rash′er; superl. Rash′est) hasty: headstrong: incautious.—adj. Rash′-embraced′ (Shak.), rashly undertaken.—ns. Rash′er, a thin slice of broiled bacon, perh. because quickly roasted; Rash′ling, a rash person.—adv. Rash′ly, precipitately.—n. Rash′ness. [Dan. and Sw. rask; Ger. rasch, rapid.]

2. Rash

   rash, n. a slight eruption on the skin. [O. Fr. rasche (Fr. rache)—L. radĕre, to scratch.]

3. Rash

   rash, v.t. (obs.) to tear, to lacerate. [Fr. arracher, to uproot.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rash in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Seneca:

   It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.

2. Beth Tarini:

   She never says scarlet fever. She never says rash.

3. Thomas à Kempis:

   Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.

4. Marie Jhin:

   The rash typically goes away on its own in two to three weeks.

5. George S. Patton:

   Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

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