hap

[hap]

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noun

one's luck or lot.

an occurrence, happening, or accident.

verb (used without object), happed, hap·ping.

to happen: if it so hap.

Origin of hap

1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse happ luck, chance; akin to Old English gehæp fit, convenient; probably akin to OCS kobŭ auspice, Old Irish cob victory

hap

[hap, ap]Chiefly Pennsylvania.

noun

a comforter or quilt.

verb (used with object)

to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt.

Origin of hap

1350–1400; Middle English happen to cover; perhaps blend of lappen lap² and Old French happer to seize

Hap

[hahp, khahp]

noun

Apis.

Arnold

[ahr-nld]

noun

Benedict,1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.

Sir Edwin,1832–1904, English poet and journalist.

Henry H.Hap, 1886–1950, U.S. general.

Matthew,1822–88, English essayist, poet, and literary critic.

his fatherThomas,1795–1842, English clergyman, educator, historian, and writer.

Thur·man Wesley

[thur-muh n] /ˈθɜr mən/, 1891–1969, U.S. lawyer and writer.

a town in E Missouri.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “eagle” and “power.”

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Related Words for hap

fortuity, accident, fortune, happening, advantage, adventure, destination, coincidence, break, cast, fluke, future, gamble, happenstance, contingency, doom, casualty, destiny, develop, transpire

Examples from the Web for hap

Historical Examples of hap

"Hap yourself well," he had said when they crossed the gangway on to the boat.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
Uncle Jack often calls them Hap and Hazard, and that is the only difference between them.
Five Mice in a Mouse-trap
Laura E. Richards
They “got by” with it until the matter came to Hap's notice.
Working With the Working Woman
Cornelia Stratton Parker
But on Hap's shoulders rests the output for our entire department.
Working With the Working Woman
Cornelia Stratton Parker
It was the only time even Hap so much as paid the least attention to what went on.
Working With the Working Woman
Cornelia Stratton Parker

British Dictionary definitions for hap

hap

noun archaic

luck; chance

an occurrence

verb haps, happing or happed

(intr) an archaic word for happen

Word Origin for hap

C13: from Old Norse happ good luck; related to Old English gehæplic convenient, Old Slavonic kobǔ fate

hap

verb (tr)

to cover up; wrap up warmly

noun

a covering of any kind

Word Origin for hap

C14: perhaps of Norse origin

Arnold

noun

a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)

Arnold

noun

Sir Malcolm. 1921–2006, English composer, esp of orchestral works in a traditional idiom

Matthew. 1822–88, English poet, essayist, and literary critic, noted particularly for his poems Sohrab and Rustum (1853) and Dover Beach (1867), and for his Essays in Criticism (1865) and Culture and Anarchy (1869)

his father, Thomas. 1795–1842, English historian and educationalist, headmaster of Rugby School, noted for his reforms in public-school education

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Word Origin and History for hap

c.1200, "chance, a person's luck, fortune, fate;" also "unforeseen occurrence," from Old Norse happ "chance, good luck," from Proto-Germanic *khapan (source of Old English gehæp "convenient, fit"), from PIE *kob- "to suit, fit, succeed" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kobu "fate, foreboding, omen," Old Irish cob "victory"). Meaning "good fortune" is from early 13c.

"to happen," mid-14c., from hap (n.) "chance."

Arnold

masc. proper name, from Old High German Arenwald, literally "having the strength of an eagle," from arn "eagle" (see erne) + wald "power" (see wield).