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brash

  [brash] adjective, -er, -est, noun
–adjective Also, brashy.
1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
2. hasty; rash; impetuous.
3. energetic or highly spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.
4. (used esp. of wood) brittle.
–noun
5. a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
6. brash ice.
7. Pathology. heartburn (def. 1).
8. Scot. and North England Dialect.
a. a sudden shower or burst of rain.
b. any sudden, minor sickness or indisposition, esp. of the digestive tract.
c. an assault; attack.
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Origin:
1400–50; (n.) late ME brass(c)he a slap, crash, perh. b. brok(e) (OE broc breach, fragment, sickness; akin to break ) and dasch smashing blow; see dash 1 ; (adj.) in sense “brittle,” deriv. of n.; in sense “hasty” by confusion with rash 1

Related forms:
brashly, adverb
brashness, noun

Synonyms:
2. reckless, overhasty, imprudent, foolhardy, precipitate.

Antonyms:
2. cautious, wary, prudent, careful.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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brash 1   (brāsh)   
adj.   brash·er, brash·est

    1. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.

    2. Rash.

  2. Lacking in sensitivity or tact.

  3. Presumptuously forward; impudent. See Synonyms at shameless.

  4. Brittle: brash timbers.


[Possibly imitative (influenced by rash1) or from brash, attack.]
brash'ly adv., brash'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

brash 
1824, of obscure origin, originally Amer.Eng.; perhaps akin to Scottish brash "attack, assault" (1533), or Fr. breche "fragments," especially of ice, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. brehha "breach," from brehhan "to break"), or to Ger. brechen "to vomit."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: brash
Pronunciation: 'brash
Function: noun
1 : an attack of illness; especially : a short severe illness
2 : WATER BRASH
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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