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rash

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Adjective

  1. Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
  2. Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
  3. Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
  4. Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.

Adverb

  1. Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”).

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
  3. An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
  4. 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.
  5. A soft crackling or rustling sound.

Verb

  1. To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
  2. To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
  3. To emit or issue (something) hastily.
  4. Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
  5. To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
  6. To fall heavily; to dash down.
  7. To collide or hit.
  8. Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
  9. To hack, slash, or slice (something).
  10. Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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