Brash

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

Full definition of brash

Adjective

1. impetuous or rash
2. insensitive or tactless
3. impudent or shameless

Noun

1. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
2. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
3. (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
4. Broken fragments of ice.

Derived terms

• water brash
• weaning brash

Compare Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.

Adjective

1. (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables