rash
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
- Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
- Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
- Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.
Adverb
- Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”).
Noun
- An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
- An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
- An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
- A soft crackling or rustling sound.
Verb
- To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
- To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
- To emit or issue (something) hastily.
- Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
- To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
- To fall heavily; to dash down.
- To collide or hit.
- Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
- To hack, slash, or slice (something).
- Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.
Proper noun
- Acronym of Raja Ampat–South Halmahera.
- A surname.
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