hap¹ Definition
hap (hap)
noun
- chance; luck; lot
- an occurrence or happening, esp. an unfortunate one: usually used in pl.
Etymology: ME < ON happ, akin to OE (ge)hæp, convenient, suitable < IE base *kob-, to be fitted to, suit > OIr cob, victory
intransitive verb happed, hap′·ping
to occur by chance; happen
Etymology: ME happen < the n. or < ? (rare) OE hæppan, to go by chance < same base
hap² Definition
hap (häp, hap)
transitive verb happed, hap′·ping
to cover, as with extra bedclothes
Etymology: ME happen < ?
noun
any covering
hap Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
good: Then abruptly she turned and went in, leaving my cousins side by side wishing me good hap.
Modifies a noun
hazard: The wreckage of the battle lay in hap hazard orbits, eternally falling into the night.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near hap
- ‹ haole
- ‹ Hanyang
- ‹ hanuman
- ‹ Hanukkah
- ‹ Hants
- ‹ hantavirus
- ‹ hant
- ‹ Hanson
- ‹ hansom (cab)
- ‹ hansom
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- haphazard ›
- haphazardly ›
- haphtara ›
- hapless ›
- haplo- ›
- haploid ›
- haplology ›
- haplont ›
- haplosis ›

