Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fortune; chance.
- noun A happening; an occurrence.
- intransitive verb To happen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which happens: a fortuitous occurrence; chance; fortune; luck.
- A dialectal form of
hop . - To happen; befall; come by chance.
- noun A cloak or plaid; a covering. Also called
happing . - To wrap; cover in order to defend from cold, rain, or snow; screen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
- intransitive verb To happen; to befall; to chance.
- transitive verb To clothe; to wrap.
- noun O. Eng. & Scot. A cloak or plaid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which happens; an
occurrence orhappening , especially anunexpected ,random ,chance , orfortuitous event ;chance ;fortune ;luck . - verb intransitive, literary to
happen ; tobefall ; tochance . - verb transitive, literary To happen to.
- noun dialect A wrap, such as a
quilt or acomforter . Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm. - verb dialect To wrap or clothe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an accidental happening
- verb come to pass
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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O my lord, this hap is what I dreamt last night; and, when I awoke,
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And Uther with his men drew to the mount, and had lost in the fight his dear knights, full seven hundred-his hap was the worse!
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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Thus happiness, according to the original use of the term, is that which happens, or comes to one by a hap, that is, by an outward befalling, or favorable condition.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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Wonderful, wasn't it, that it was her "hap" to light on a part of the field belonging to Boaz?
Fair to Look Upon Mary Belle Freeley
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But at the deliuerie of the monie, and by a certeine kind of hap, the Romans name was preserued at that time from such dishonor and ignominie as was likelie to haue insued.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed
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My ire at Spitzer is partly triggered by the embarrassing record of his hand-picked successor, David Paterson, an accidental governor who put the "hap" in "hapless."
Politics Daily 2010
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We need to determine which valid word 'hap' should match.
Slashdot: Developers 2009
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A culture that discourages its artists from creating bold simulacrums and wild enchantments is one opting for dull, stable sleeps and rote, untransformed wakefulness. john baker: This from Allen Mathews: The word "hap" means luck or ...
John Baker's Blog 2009
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Make . . . the . . . the old folks hap . . . happy?
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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How then had a man so singularly drained of hap as the 57-year-old Israeli ended up controlling Chelsea, Portsmouth and West Ham United?
Is Avram Grant football's placebo effect? | Harry Pearson 2011
minerva commented on the word hap
Also fortune, chance.
January 1, 2008
pomegranate commented on the word hap
what hapless people do not have
January 11, 2008