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/hæp/ · hap
noun
- Happenings; events; goings‑on, especially those that are unexpected or noteworthy. The town’s hap this summer was the surprise fireworks display on the riverbank.
- An occurrence or happening, especially one that is random, fortuitous, or lucky; chance or luck. She considered finding the lost ring on the beach pure hap.
verb
- To happen; to befall; to occur by chance. What hap to the travelers when the storm rolled in?
- To happen to (someone or something). May good fortune hap upon you in the coming year.
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Did you know? Although ‘hap’ fell out of everyday use, it lives on in the modern word ‘happenstance’ and appears in Shakespeare’s line ‘by hap’ meaning ‘by chance’.