Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
- adj. Rash.
- adj. Lacking in sensitivity or tact.
- adj. Presumptuously forward; impudent. See Synonyms at shameless.
- adj. Brittle: brash timbers.
- n. A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To break to pieces; smash: as, he brashed in the door.
- To disturb; disorder; break up the order or comfort of.
- To assault; attack.
- n. A crash.
- n. An assault; an attack.
- n. An effort; a short turn of work.
- n. A confused heap of fragments. . In geology, a mass of loose, broken, or angular fragments of rocks, resulting from weathering or disintegration on the spot.
Lyell. - n. A transient fit of sickness.
- n. A rash or eruption.
- n. Acidity in the mouth occasioned by a disordered stomach. Also called water-brash.
- Brittle.
- Impetuous; rash; hasty in temper.
- n. A violent push.
- To run headlong.
- n. A shower.
Wiktionary
- adj. impetuous or rash
- adj. insensitive or tactless
- adj. impudent or shameless
- n. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
- n. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
- n. geology Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
- n. Broken fragments of ice.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Hasty in temper; impetuous.
- adj. Colloq., U. S. Brittle, as wood or vegetables.
- n. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
- n. Prov. Eng. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
- n. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
- n. Broken fragments of ice.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. offensively bold
Etymologies
- Possibly imitative (influenced by rash1) or from brash, attack.Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall, from Italian breccia; see breccia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In Congress, he was best known as a brash defender of liberal Democratic policies during combative floor speeches and appearances on cable television.”
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“Fiorina, whose snarky comment recalls her brash HP days, is guilty of the standard Republican hypocrisy.”
“But Fiorina, whose snarky comment recalls her brash HP days, is guilty of the standard Republican hypocrisy.”
“Not missing any opportunity to make Rush Limbaugh the figurehead of the GOP, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called the brash talk show ...”
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“Not missing any opportunity to make Rush Limbaugh the figurehead of the GOP, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called the brash talk show host the "voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party" on Sunday.”
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Duncan Quirk: President Obama's Interactions At The Bulls/Wizards Game
“Today, we tend to think of this design as "extravagant," "exuberant," "swaggering" or "brash" -- words that could just as well describe the city in which the building stands.”
“The high-school dropout, who died Oct. 3 at 71, was known as a brash entrepreneur, but also made large donations to universities and was founding chairman of the Hunt Museum, one of Ireland's largest collections of antiques and fine arts.”
“Yesterday, the Transportation Department called the idea brash and bold and set aside $354 million if the city can pass and implement the plan.”
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Tweets
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jmjarmstrong JM dropped his brash collection and broke everything. Apr 25, 2011
fbharjo brash a pile of loose fragmented land Feb 3, 2007