rashes

1. (adj) Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty. 2. (n) (dermatology, medicine) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash. 3. (n) (figuratively) An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend. 4. (v) (intransitive) To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush. 5. (v) (transitive) To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction. 6. (v) (transitive) To break (something) forcefully; to smash. 7. (v) (transitive) To emit or issue (something) hastily. 8. (v) (intransitive) Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: To collide or hit. 9. (v) Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently. 10. (v) To hack, slash, or slice (something). 11. (n) (figuratively) An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1). 12. (adj) (obsolete, rare) Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent. 13. (adj) (obsolete, rare) Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting. 14. (adv) (archaic) Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”). 15. (v) (transitive) (rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise. 16. (v) (rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate. 17. (v) (intransitive) (of rain) To fall heavily; to dash down. 18. (adj) (Northern England, archaic) Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling. 19. (n) (historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk. 20. (n) (obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound. 21. (n) A surname. 22. (n) (linguistics) Acronym of Raja Ampat–South Halmahera. [A branch of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages within the Austronesian family.]