Both Uses
jeopardy
in
Hoot
(Edited)
- My whole career is in jeopardy, Officer Delinko thought angrily, all because of some smart-ass juvenile delinquents.
p. 64.5jeopardy = danger
- "We want to assure all our customers that Mother Paula's remains strongly committed to protecting our environment," he said, "and we deeply regret that the careless actions of a few former employees and contractors may have put these unique little birds in jeopardy."
p. 284.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(jeopardy) in danger of misfortune or suffering a loss
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) There is also a popular game show called Jeopardy that quizzes contestants on their knowledge of trivia.