"rasher" in the noun sense
1. vermillion rockfish, rasher, Sebastodes miniatus
a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America
"rasher" in the adjective sense
1. rash
imprudently incurring risk
"do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith
2. foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
"foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"
"became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay
"a reckless driver"
"a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
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