n. The leading game at dice.n. A fortuitous event; chance; accident.n. Risk; peril; exposure to danger; liability to do or to receive harm: as, the hazards of the sea; he did it at the hazard of his reputation.n. One of the holes in the sides of a billiard-table.n. Hence A stroke in billiards: known as losing hazard when the player pockets his own ball off another, and as winning hazard when he pockets the object-ball.n. Something risked or staked.n. In tennis and some similar games, that side of the court into which the ball is served. See tennis.n. Synonyms Venture, etc. See risk, n.To take the chance of; venture to do, undertake, etc.To take the risk or danger of; run the risk of incurring or bringing to pass: as, to hazard the loss of reputation or of a battle.To imperil; expose to danger or loss: as, to hazard life for a friend; to hazard an estate recklessly.To incur the danger involved in; venture.To expose to the risk of; put in danger of: with to.Synonyms To jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger. See danger, and risk, n.To try the chance; adventure; run the risk or danger.n. In golf, a bunker, water, path, road, railway, fence, or ditch.