risk

n

1. hazard, peril, danger, jeopardy; endan-germent, imperilment, liability, vulnerability, susceptibility, exposure; precariousness, insecurity, unpredictability, uncertainty; chance, big chance, long shot; speculation, plunge, gamble, leap in the dark.

v

2. endanger, expose to danger, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, jeopard, put in jeopardy; menace, threaten; take one's life in one's hands, play with fire, skate on thin ice, walk a tightrope, go up without a parachute.

3. dare, venture, chance, gamble, take a chance; try, attempt, tempt fate, Sl. give a whirl, Inf. stick one's chin or neck out, lay or put [s.t.] on the line, put one's head in the lion's mouth; throw caution to the winds, Sl. go for broke, Sl. shoot the works, hazard all; plunge, Inf. take a flier, (both of finance) speculate, sell short.