10 definitions found for brash

brash adj 1: offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" [syn: brash, cheeky, nervy]

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brash
1.
adj.
1 vulgarly or ostentatiously self-assertive.
2 hasty, rash.
3 impudent.
Derivatives:
brashly adv. brashness n.
Etymology: orig. dial., perh. f. RASH(1)
2.
n.
1 loose broken rock or ice.
2 clippings from hedges, shrubs, etc.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.
3.
n. an eruption of fluid from the stomach.
Etymology: 16th c., perh. imit.

brash (brasher, brashest) If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive. On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising. ADJ [disapproval] • brashly I brashly announced to the group that NATO needed to be turned around. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj • brashness He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance. N-UNCOUNT

Brash Brash, n. [See Brash brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.

Brash Brash, a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose.

Brash Brash, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] --Bartlett.

brash a. 1. Hasty, rash, impetuous. 2. (Local, U. S.) Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

brash ̈ɪbræʃ adj. 1 hasty, rash, impetuous, precipitate, impulsive, headlong, reckless: He may be a brash young man, but I think he's going places. 2 impudent, rude, impertinent, disrespectful, insolent, forward, audacious, brassy, brazen, bold, tactless, undiplomatic, presumptuous, Colloq cheeky, fresh: Her brash behaviour has already landed her in trouble with the headmistress.

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