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Hap has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an accidental happening

"he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

hap
2

Happenings; events; goings-on.

"The doctor explained that his recent respiratory infection was a hap caused by bacteria contracted during his stay in the intensive care unit."

3

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.

4

Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.

5

Abbreviation of hospital-acquired pneumonia.

In plain English: It's a lung infection someone gets while being treated at a hospital.

"The patient was being treated for a severe case of hap."

Verb
1

come to pass

"What is happening?"

"The meeting took place off without an incidence"

"Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2

To happen; to befall; to chance.

"The mother carefully hapmed her newborn child in a thick wool blanket to keep warm."

3

To wrap, clothe.

In plain English: To hap is to wrap or dress something.

"She helped him hap the baby snugly in a warm blanket."

Example Sentences
"The patient was being treated for a severe case of hap." noun
"She helped him hap the baby snugly in a warm blanket." verb
"The old man tried to hap his broken fishing net before sunset." verb
"She could not hap the torn seam with such small needles." verb
"He stopped to hap up the hole in his trousers after falling down." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
accident
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
break arise result intervene transpire give supervene proceed come fall anticipate develop recur go off come around happen befall concur backfire chance turn out synchronize
Rhyming Words
chap shap whap behap mishap vishap mayhap old chap
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