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1. | [ noun ] (medicine) any red eruption of the skin | |
Synonyms: | efflorescence skin_eruption skin_rash roseola eruption | |
Related terms: | symptom eruption urtication prickly_heat | |
2. | [ adjective ] marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences | |
Synonyms: | reckless foolhardy | |
Examples: | "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker" "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay "a reckless driver" |
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Related terms: | bold | |
3. | [ adjective ] imprudently incurring risk | |
Examples: | "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith |
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Related terms: | imprudent | |
4. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3216 | |
5. | [ noun ] a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | |
Synonyms: | blizzard | |
Examples: | "a rash of bank robberies" "a blizzard of lawsuits" |
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Related terms: | series | |
Similar spelling: |
ras Raasch Rausch Raus Raggs Raisa Rayos Rayes Rauch raise rajah Rasch rag raj Rak Raz race Rase raja Rask Raso Rago ragi raze rage Razo Racz racy Raco rack rake razz |