brash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite offensively bold
    cheeky; nervy.
    • a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club
    • a nervy thing to say

WordNet

Brash adjective
Etymology
Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.
Definitions
  1. Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.
Brash adjective
Etymology
Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.
Definitions
  1. Brittle, as wood or vegetables. Colloq., U. S. Bartlett.
Brash noun
Etymology
See Brash brittle.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913