[hap] 
noun, verb, happed, hap⋅ping.| 1. | one's luck or lot. |
| 2. | an occurrence, happening, or accident. |
| 3. | to happen: if it so hap. |
[hap, ap] Chiefly Pennsylvania.| 1. | a comforter or quilt. |
| 2. | to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt. |
[ahr-nld] | 1. | Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor. |
| 2. | Sir Edwin, 1832–1904, English poet and journalist. |
| 3. | Henry H. (“Hap”), 1886–1950, U.S. general. |
| 4. | Matthew, 1822–88, English essayist, poet, and literary critic. |
| 5. | his father, Thomas, 1795–1842, English clergyman, educator, historian, and writer. |
| 6. | Thur⋅man Wesley [thur-muhn] , 1891–1969, U.S. lawyer and writer. |
| 7. | a town in E Missouri. 19,141. |
| 8. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “eagle” and “power.” |
| hap (hāp) n.
To happen. [Middle English, from Old Norse happ; see kob- in Indo-European roots.] |
| HAP hazardous air pollutant |
