hap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an accidental happening
    • he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life
  2. verb come to pass
    fall out; pass off; come about; pass; happen; take place; occur; go on.
    • What is happening?
    • The meeting took place off without an incidence
    • Nothing occurred that seemed important

WordNet

Hap transitive verb
Etymology
OE.happen.
Definitions
  1. To clothe; to wrap.
    The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
Hap noun
Etymology
Cf. Hap to clothe.
Definitions
  1. A cloak or plaid. O. Eng. & Scot.
Hap noun
Etymology
Icel. happ unexpected good luck. .
Definitions
  1. That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. Chaucer.
    Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser.
    Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney.
    Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.
Hap intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.
Definitions
  1. To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer.
    Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.

Webster 1913