jeopardy
IPA: dʒˈɛpɝdi
Root Word: Jeopardy
noun
- Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of a question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek.
- Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
verb
- (transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
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Examples of "jeopardy" in Sentences
- The use of having a baby in jeopardy is a cheap trick but it works.
- O Emir, of a truth, we are in jeopardy from the multitude of the foe who is on the walls.
- Some private developers say the number of projects in jeopardy is much higher, perhaps as much as 80%.
- The balance of the game is in jeopardy from the Premiership ball which allows kickers regularly to land 60-yard penalties
- Ellen (played by Bree Turner), the young woman in jeopardy, is far from helpless and at times behaves more like predator than prey.
- Because the idea of Obama's physical safety's being in jeopardy is NOT just something Black folk who've been around a while talk about.
- States and other sources provide significant funding for legal services as well, but one of the most important sources of funding for low-income legal services could be in jeopardy from the Roberts Court.
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