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[hap] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, happed, hap·ping.
[hap] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, happed, hap·ping. –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | one's luck or lot. |
| 2. | an occurrence, happening, or accident. |
| 3. | to happen: if it so hap. |
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME < ON happ luck, chance; akin to OE gehæp fit, convenient; prob. akin to OCS kobŭ auspice, OIr cob victory]
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[hap, ap] Pronunciation Key Chiefly Pennsylvania.
[hap, ap] Pronunciation Key Chiefly Pennsylvania. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a comforter or quilt. |
| 2. | to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt. |
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Ar·nold
[ahr-nld] Pronunciation Key
[ahr-nld] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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] Pronunciation Key, 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.” |
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| hap
(hāp) Pronunciation Key
n.
intr.v. happed, hap·ping, haps To happen. [Middle English, from Old Norse happ; see kob- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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hap
c.1205, "chance, luck," from O.N. happ "chance, good luck," from P.Gmc. *khapan (source of O.E. gehæp "convenient, fit"). Meaning "good fortune" is from c.1225.
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| hap | |
noun | |
| 1. | an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" |
verb | |
| 1. | come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen] |
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Hap
Hap\, v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown.
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Hap\, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
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Hap\, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. [root]39.] 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.
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Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. --Shak.
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| HAP hazardous air pollutant |
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