Definition of brash Brash

/bɹæˈʃ/ - [bratsh] - brash

We found 18 definitions of brash from 6 different sources.

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What does brash mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

brash, brasher, brashest

brash - offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
  cheeky, nervy
  forward at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • brash (a.)
    Hasty in temper; impetuous.
  • brash (a.)
    Brittle, as wood or vegetables.
  • brash (n.)
    A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  • brash (n.)
    Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
  • brash (n.)
    Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
  • brash (n.)
    Broken fragments of ice.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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.]
  • 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.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

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

Part of speech

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  • brash, noun, singular of brashes.
  • brash, adjective.

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