brash

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹæʃ/ Rhymes: -æʃ === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”). ==== Adjective ==== brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash) (of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless. Synonyms: audacious, brassy, brazen, cocky, undiplomatic (of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash. Synonyms: foolhardy, reckless (of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way. Synonyms: flashy, garish, loud, splashy; see also Thesaurus:gaudy brash colours a brash perfume 1963, Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, London: Jonathan Cape, Chapter 1, “Hong Kong,”[4] There are scores of brash and noisy bars along Lockhart Street and in Wanchai and North Point (on the island) and throughout the back lanes of Kowloon […] 2001, Walt Dohrn et al. “Artist Unknown”, SpongeBob SquarePants, season 2, episode 18b, Nickelodeon Squidward: How about this one? I call it, Bold and Brash. Art Curator: More like, belongs in the trash! ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. A sudden burst of rain. (obsolete) An attack or assault. ===== Derived terms ===== water brash weaning brash ==== Verb ==== brash (third-person singular simple present brashes, present participle brashing, simple past and past participle brashed) (transitive, obsolete) To disturb. === Etymology 2 === Compare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”). ==== Adjective ==== brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash) (US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables). 2000, Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand, Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (page 94) […] brash timber, which is liable to snap; […] ==== Noun ==== brash (countable and uncountable, plural brashes) Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge. (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits. Broken fragments of ice. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “brash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Harbs, brahs, h bars, h-bars, hbars, shrab == Scots == === Noun === brash (plural brashes) illness, fit ==== Derived terms ==== water brash