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Definition hap

Etymology 1

From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), from Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hamp? (“convenience, happiness”), from Proto-Indo-European *kob- (“good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”). Cognate with Icelandic happ (“hap, chance, good luck”). Related also to Icelandic heppinn (“lucky, fortunate, happy”), Old Danish hap (“fortunate”), Old English ?ehæp (“fit, convenient”), Swedish hampa (“to turn out”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kob?, “fate”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

The verb is from Middle English happen, from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijan? (“to fit in, be fitting”), from the noun. Cognate with Old Danish happe (“to chance, happen”), Norwegian heppa (“to occur, happen”).

Noun

hap (plural haps)

  1. (slang, in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on.
  2. (archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.
Verb

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.
  2. (transitive, literary) To happen to.

Etymology 2

From Old English hap.

Noun

hap (plural haps)

  1. (Britain, Scotland, Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) 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.
Verb

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

  1. (dialectal) To wrap, clothe.

Etymology 3

Shortening of Haplochromis

Noun

hap (plural haps)

  1. Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.

Results 471 Words with the letters HAP

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7 letter words with the letters HAP 
6 letter words with the letters HAP 
ALEPHS 12
ALPHAS 12
ALPHYL 15
APACHE 14
APATHY 13
APHIDS 12
APHTHA 13
ASPISH 11
BARHOP 14
BYPATH 16
CALIPH 15
CARHOP 14
CHAMPS 17
CHAMPY 19
CHAPEL 15
CHAPES 14
CHEAPO 14
CHEAPS 14
COPRAH 14
DAPHNE 13
EPARCH 14
EPHAHS 13
GRAPHS 13
HAMPER 14
HANGUP 15
HAPPED 15
HAPPEN 15
HAPTEN 12
HAPTIC 14
HARPED 12
HARPER 11
HARPIN 12
HASPED 12
HATPIN 12
HEAPED 12
HEPCAT 14
HEPTAD 12
HOOPLA 12
HUBCAP 18
HUTZPA 21
HYPHAE 15
HYPHAL 16
KALIPH 16
KHAPHS 17
MAYHAP 16
MISHAP 14
NYMPHA 17
OOMPAH 14
ORPHAN 12
PACHAS 14
PAINCH 15
PAKEHA 15
PALISH 12
PARAPH 14
PARDAH 12
PARIAH 11
PARISH 11
PASHAS 11
PASHED 12
PASHES 11
PATCHY 16
PATHOS 11
PAUNCH 16
PEACHY 16
PEAHEN 12
PECHAN 15
PHAGES 13
PHALLI 13
PHAROS 11
PHASED 12
PHASES 11
PHASIC 14
PHASIS 11
PHATIC 14
PHIALS 12
PHOBIA 14
PHONAL 13
PHRASE 11
PHYLAE 14
PHYLAR 14
PLANCH 16
PLASHY 14
PLEACH 15
POACHY 16
POISHA 11
POTASH 11
PRAHUS 12
PREACH 14
PRUTAH 12
PSHAWS 14
PUJAHS 21
PUNKAH 17
PURDAH 13
RALPHS 12
RAPHAE 11
RAPHES 11
RAPHIA 11
RAPHIS 11
RHAPHE 13
RUPIAH 12
SCARPH 14
SERAPH 11
SHAPED 12
SHAPEN 12
SHAPER 11
SHAPES 11
SHARPS 11
SHARPY 13
SHERPA 11
SHNAPS 12
SPAHEE 11
SPAHIS 11
SPATHE 11
SPLASH 12
STAPHS 11
SULPHA 13
TEPHRA 11
TERAPH 11
THREAP 11
UPHEAP 15
WASHUP 15
WHAUPS 15
5 letter words with the letters HAP 
ALEPH 11
ALPHA 11
APHID 11
APHIS 10
APISH 10
CAPHS 13
CHAMP 16
CHAPE 13
CHAPS 13
CHAPT 13
CHEAP 13
EPHAH 12
EPHAS 10
GRAPH 12
HAPAX 17
HAPLY 13
HAPPY 15
HARPS 10
HARPY 12
HASPS 10
HEAPS 10
HYPHA 14
KAPHS 14
KHAPH 16
OPAHS 10
PACHA 13
PARCH 13
PASHA 10
PATCH 13
PATHS 10
PEACH 13
PHAGE 12
PHASE 10
PHIAL 11
PHYLA 13
PLASH 11
POACH 13
PRAHU 11
PSHAW 13
PUJAH 20
RALPH 11
RAPHE 10
SHAPE 10
SHARP 10
SPAHI 10
STAPH 10
WHAPS 13
WHAUP 14
4 letter words with the letters HAP 
CAPH 12
CHAP 12
EPHA 9
HAPS 9
HARP 9
HASP 9
HEAP 9
KAPH 13
OPAH 9
PASH 9
PATH 9
PHAT 9
WHAP 12
3 letter words with the letters HAP 
HAP 8
PAH 8
2 letter words with the letters HAP 
AH 4
HA 4
PA 5

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