jeopardy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
    endangerment; peril; risk; hazard.
    • drinking alcohol is a health hazard

WordNet

Jeop"ard*y noun
Etymology
OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.
Definitions
  1. Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
    There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23.
    Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak.
    Syn. -- Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.
Jeop"ard*y transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To jeopardize. R. Thackeray.

Webster 1913