noun A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun Chance; accident, unpredictability.
noun The risk of some loss or harm; danger, peril, the chance of an adverse outcome.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
noun A situation involving such a risk of harm or loss; a person or object which poses such a risk, something seen as a source of danger or difficulty.
The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
noun Each of the various openings or galleries around the side of a court.
noun Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
noun A stroke which results in potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
noun Something which prevents free striking of the ball, such as a sand or water obstacle.