rashnoun
uk/ræʃ/us/ræʃ/rash noun (SKIN CONDITION)
C2 [ C or U ] a lot of small red spots on the skin:
I've got an itchy rash all over my chest.
If you stay in the sun too long you'll get (a) heat rash.
UK He came out/up in a rash after he fell in a patch of nettles.
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Skin complaints & blemishes
- boil
- calloused
- capillary telangiectasia
- cradle cap
- crusta lactea
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- heat rash
- hive
- jaundice
- lupus
- pitted
- prickle
- pustule
- scabby
- scar
- sinus
- spotty
- ulcerated
- verruca
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rash noun (LARGE NUMBER)
a rash of sth
a large number of unpleasant events of the same type:
There has been a rash of robberies/accidents/complaints in the last two months.
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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rashadjective
uk/ræʃ/us/ræʃ/C2 careless or unwise, without thought for what might happen or result:
That was a rash decision - you didn't think about the costs involved.
[ + to infinitive ] I think it was a bit rash of them to get married when they'd only known each other for a few weeks.
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Doing things without fear or proper thought
- bravado
- daredevil
- desperado
- devil-may-care
- foolhardy
- impetuous
- impulsive
- impulsiveness
- lemming
- like lemmings idiom
- precipitate
- precipitation
- reckless
- second thought
- snap
- thought
- throw
- throw caution to the wind/winds idiom
- tomorrow
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rashly
adverb uk/ˈræʃ.li/us/ˈræʃ.li/
They were afraid he might act rashly and hurt somebody.
rashness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈræʃ.nəs/us/ˈræʃ.nəs/
In a moment of rashness, I agreed to go skydiving for charity.