(1):
(n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
(2):
(n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
(3):
(n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.
(4):
(v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
(5):
(n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
(6):
(n.) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.
(7):
(n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
(8):
(n.) A game of chance played with dice.
(9):
(n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.