hap

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English hap (chance, luck), from Old Norse happ (chance, good luck)

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hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)

  1. (intransitive, literary) to happen; to befall; to chance.
    • 1868-9, Robert Browning, “The Ring and the Book”, in Edward Berdoe editor, The poetical works of Robert Browning, published 1889, page 17:
      "But laudably, since thus it happed!" quoth one: Whereat, more witness and the case postponed. "Thus it happed not, since thus he did the deed,....
  2. (transitive, literary) To happen to.
    • 1891, Elizabeth Stoddard, “No Answer”, Harper's magazine, page 55: 
      What meaneth June, to hap us every year.

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hap (plural haps)

  1. An occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random or chance event.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
      He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.

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From Old English hap

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hap (plural haps)

  1. (dialect) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.

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hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)

  1. (dialect) To wrap or clothe.
    • 1899, “Bartonshill Coal Co. v. Beid, 1 Pat. Sc. App. 792, 793.”, Ruling cases, volume 19: 
      The practice was, before firing a shot for the purpose of blasting, to give an order to hap the crane, that is, to cover it, in order to protect it from the effect of the shot.

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hap (first-person singular past tense hapa, participle hapur)

  1. I open

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hap m. (plural happen, diminutive hapje)

  1. mouthful

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hap

  1. first-person singular present indicative of happen.
  2. imperative of happen.

[edit] Tok Pisin

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{{etyl|en|tpi} half

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hap

  1. half
  2. part
  3. place, one of a few places

[edit] Turkish

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From Arabic حب (Hább, grains, seeds, pills)

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hap

  1. pill
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