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. [1913 Webster]

Source: 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: 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. [1913 Webster]

2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright. [1913 Webster]

3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. [1913 Webster]

4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "brash": 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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

brash adj
1: offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" [syn: cheeky, nervy]
2: presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff" [syn: daredevil, temerarious]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Brash \Brash\, n. [See Brash brittle.]

1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright.

3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell.

4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.]

Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.]

Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.]

--Bartlett.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)