harum-scarum, adj. 1. rash, precipitate, hasty; reckless, careless, heedless, thoughtless, pell-mell, helter-skelter, head-over-heels; brash, incautious, injudicious, ill-advised, indiscreet, unwary, foolish; abrupt, sudden, unexpected, premature.
2. disorganized, chaotic, disorderly; haphazard, slapdash, topsy-turvy; jumbled, littered, scattered, askew, awry, slipshod, hugger-mugger.
3. uncontrolled, impetuous, impulsive, unrestrained, ungoverned, unchecked, unbridled; feverish, impatient, frantic, impasioned; madcap, madbrained, foolhardy, daredevil, breakneck, adventurous, hotheaded, harebrained, bird-witted, giddy-brained, giddy-headed, barmy-brained, empty-headed, rattlepated, crazy; volatile, flighty, frivolous, erratic, fickle, unreliable, irresponsible; wild, giddy, dashing, over-confident, rampant, quixotic, punch-drunk, death-defying, devil-may-care, dangerous, ruinous, perilous. -adv. 4. headlong, precipitately, hurriedly, hastily; abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, prematurely, inopportunely, too soon, without notice or warning, on the spur of the moment, like a bolt from the blue, like a thief in the night; incautiously, unadvisedly, foolishly, unwarily, impetuously, impulsively, impatiently; rashly, wildly, recklessly, carelessly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, slapdash, at half cock, helter-skelter, head over heels.
-n. 5. a reckless person, troublemaker, mischief-maker, devil.
harvest, n. 1. crop, produce, vintage, fruit, yield, output.
2. autumn, fall, fall of the year, harvest time, harvest tide, harvest home.
3. supply, stock, store, quantity, lot, Chiefly U.S. Dial, grist; accumulation, amassment, hoard, cache, stockpile, collection.
4. result, outcome, effect, consequence, product, upshot.
-v. 5. reap, gather, glean, collect, pick, pluck.
6. acquire, obtain, get, procure, secure, garner; earn, make, SI. pull down; net, bag, sack,
hash, n. 1. mess, muddle, jumble, scramble, mix-up, hodgepodge, mishmash; bungle, botch, foozle; fiasco, bad job, sad work, clumsy attempt.
-v. 2. mince, chop, chop up, grind, grind up.
3. bungle, botch, muff, fumble, make a mess of, Inf. mess up, Inf. foul up, SI. screw up, SI. louse up, SI. gum up, SI. goof up; spoil, butcher, murder, make sad work of.
4. discuss, debate, bandy, talk over, SI. kick or toss or throw around; review, recapitulate, go over or through, run over or through.
hassock, n. footstool, footrest, ottoman, taboret, cricket; cushion, squab, (in India) musnud.
haste, n. 1. swiftness, fleetness, speed, quickness;