Definition of hazard

• n. - A game of chance played with dice.
• n. - The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
• n. - Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
• n. - Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
• n. - Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
• n. - To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
• n. - To venture to incur, or bring on.
• v. i. - To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.