adj. Overhasty; rash.adj. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time.adj. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.adj. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal.n. An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.n. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same as precipitation{5}.v. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.v. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon.v. To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate.verb-intransitive. To dash or fall headlong.verb-intransitive. To hasten without preparation.verb-intransitive. To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.