hap

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(hăp) pronunciation
n.
  1. Fortune; chance.
  2. A happening; an occurrence.
intr.v., happed, hap·ping, haps.
To happen.

[Middle English, from Old Norse happ.]


noun

  1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, hazard, luck. See certain/uncertain.
  2. An unexpected random event: accident, chance, fluke, fortuity, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See certain/uncertain, surprise/expect.

verb

  1. To take place: befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idioms: come to pass. See happen.
  2. To take place by chance: befall, chance, happen. See happen.

n. things that are happening; events. (Streets.)  Come in and tell me the haps.

Hap or HAP can mean:

Hap

People

  • Hap Arnold, World War II American Air Force General Henry H. Arnold
  • Hap Kliban, American cartoonist B. Kliban
  • Hap Day, National Hockey League (NHL) player, coach, and general manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Clarence H. Day
  • Hap Emms, NHL player, coach, general manager, and team owner Leighton Ems
    • Hap Emms Memorial Trophy, awarded to the outstanding goaltender in the Memorial Cup, the championship of the Canadian Hockey League
  • Hap Holmes, NHL goaltender Harry Holmes
  • Hap Moran, National Football League halfback Francis D. Moran
  • Hap Myers, Major League Baseball first baseman Ralph D. Myers
  • Hap Myers (ice hockey), NHL ice hockey defenceman Hap Myers
  • Hap Palmer, US children's musician Harlan G. Palmer III
  • Hap Sharp, US race car driver James Sharp
  • Harry "Hap" Loman, a character in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman

HAP (acronym)


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