Hap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hap	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Hap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hap n an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" v come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hap \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hap \Hap\, v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hap \Hap\, n. [Cf. {Hap} to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hap \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.