Thesaurus: rash

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1. v. t. To pull off or pluck violently.
2. v. t. To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
3. n. A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
4. n. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
5. superl. Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
6. superl. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
7. 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.
8. superl. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
9. superl. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
10. v. t. To prepare with haste.
11. adj. imprudently incurring risk
12. adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences