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The definition of a hap is something happening or that happens by chance.

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An example of a hap is winning the lottery.

See hap in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

chance; luck; lot
an occurrence or happening, esp. an unfortunate one: usually used in pl.

Origin: ME < ON happ, akin to OE (ge)hæp, convenient, suitable < IE base *kob-, to be fitted to, suit > OIr cob, victory

intransitive verb happed, happing

to occur by chance; happen

Origin: ME happen < the n. or < ? (rare) OE hæppan, to go by chance < same base

transitive verb happed, happing

to cover, as with extra bedclothes

Origin: ME happen < ?

noun

any covering

See hap in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Fortune; chance.
A happening; an occurrence.

intransitive verb happed happed, hap·ping, haps

To happen.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old Norse happ; see kob- in Indo-European roots

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