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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.]
   Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] --Bartlett.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brash \Brash\, n. [See Brash brittle.]
   1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
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   2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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   3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying
      alluvial deposits. --Lyell.
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   4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane.
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   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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brash \Brash\ (br[a^]sh), a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh,
   sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.]
   Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose.
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Thesaurus Results for brash:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abrupt, aggressive, arrogant, audacious, bearish, beastly, biggety, bluff, blunt, bold, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, brusque, bumptious, cavalier, challenging, cheeky, churlish, chutzpadik, cocksure, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, curt, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient, effervescent, facy, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, gally, gratuitous, greatly daring, gruff, harsh, hasty, headlong, high-spirited, hubristic, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, impudent, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, insolent, madcap, maladroit, malapert, nervy, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening, pert, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushful, pushing, rash, reckless, regardless of consequences, rough, rude, sassy, saucy, self-asserting, self-assertive, severe, sharp, short, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snippy, surly, tactless, temerarious, thoughtless, truculent, uncalled-for, unchary, undiplomatic, untactful, unwary, uppish, uppity, vivacious, wise-ass

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