Definition of "hap" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable) A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.

2. (countable) A stroke of good or bad luck, an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event.

verb

1. (intransitive, literary) To happen; to befall; to chance.

2. (transitive, literary) To happen to.

noun

1. (slang, in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on. [from 20th c.]

noun

1. (UK, Scotland, Western Pennsylvania) 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

1. (dialect) To wrap, clothe.

noun

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