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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an accidental happening;
- Example: "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"


VERB (1)

1. come to pass;
- Example: "What is happening?"
- Example: "The meeting took place off without an incidence"
- Example: "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
[syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hap \Hap\ (h[a^]p), v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap. [1913 Webster] The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hap \Hap\, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Whether art it was or heedless hap. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hap \Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hap n 1: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]