— brashly , adv. — brashness , n.
/brash/ , adj., brasher, brashest , n.
adj. Also, brashy .
1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
2. hasty; rash; impetuous.
3. energetic or highly spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.
4. (used esp. of wood) brittle.
n.
5. a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
6. See brash ice .
7. Pathol. heartburn (def. 1).
8. Scot. and North Eng. Dial.
a. a sudden shower or burst of rain.
b. any sudden, minor sickness or indisposition, esp. of the digestive tract.
c. an assault; attack.
[ 1400-50; (n.) late ME brass ( c ) he a slap, crash, perh. b. brok ( e ) (OE broc breach, fragment, sickness; akin to BREAK) and dasch smashing blow; see DASH 1 ; (adj.) in sense "brittle," deriv. of n.; in sense "hasty" by confusion with RASH 1 ]
Syn. 2. reckless, overhasty, imprudent, foolhardy, precipitate.
Ant. 2. cautious, wary, prudent, careful.