Noun
a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits"

Noun
any red eruption of the skin

Adjective S.
marked by unthinking boldness; with 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 th

Adjective S.
imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith

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v. t.
To pull off or pluck violently.

v. t.
To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.

n.
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

n.
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

superl.
Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

superl.
Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

superl.
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.

superl.
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

superl.
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

v. t.
To prepare with haste.

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Rash

Rash , v. t. [For arace] 1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.] 2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.]

Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder.

Rash

Rash, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. -- Nettle rash. See Urticaria. -- Rose rash. See Roseola. -- Tooth rash. See Red-gum.

Rash

Rash, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] Donne.

Rash

Rash, a. [Compar. Rasher ; superl. Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r'94skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.] 1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder." Shak. 2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.]

I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash.

3. 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. 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] Syn. -- Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary. -- Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences.

Was never known a more adventurous knight.

Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.

If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honors got by such a maim.

Rash

Rash , v. t. To prepare with haste. [Obs.] Foxe.

To pull off or pluck violently.

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

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

To prepare with haste.