rash
rash
- n any red eruption of the skin
- n a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
a rash of bank robberies - s imprudently incurring risk
do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith - s marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
- The recent rash of big ideas among heads of Central American states (see below) last week broke out in Nicaragua.
- Among them has been a rash of birth defects: in one four-month period, 11 deformed children were born; other children suffered serious heart and reproductive-organ problems.
- A rash like poison ivy from such tropical trees as the papaya.