brash
/bɹæʃ/ · noun
Meaning
- A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
- A sudden burst of rain.
- An attack or assault.
- To disturb.
- (of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
- (of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
- (of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
- Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
- Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
- Broken fragments of ice.
- Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
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