Word of the Day - hazard

hazard

/ˈhazəd/
noun
1 A danger or risk.
1.1 A potential source of danger.
1.2 A permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream.
verb
[with object]
1 Say (something) in a tentative way.
2 Put (something) at risk of being lost.

Origin
Middle English (in hazard (sense 3 of the noun)): from Old French hasard, from
Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr ‘chance, luck’, from Persian zār or
Turkish zar ‘dice’.

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It is a hazard to understanding when you hazard a guess for a subject about which you know nothing.

(I don't know about you, but I would consider the crocodile a bigger hazard to my round of golf than the official water hazard itself.)