hap

IPA: hˈæp

(slang, in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on.
(archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.
(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.
Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.
(medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Initialism of hazardous air pollutant.

Examples of "hap" in Sentences

Make . . . the . . . the old folks hap . . . happy?
We need to determine which valid word 'hap' should match.
O my lord, this hap is what I dreamt last night; and, when I awoke,
Wonderful, wasn't it, that it was her "hap" to light on a part of the field belonging to Boaz?
And Uther with his men drew to the mount, and had lost in the fight his dear knights, full seven hundred-his hap was the worse!
How then had a man so singularly drained of hap as the 57-year-old Israeli ended up controlling Chelsea, Portsmouth and West Ham United?
Thus happiness, according to the original use of the term, is that which happens, or comes to one by a hap, that is, by an outward befalling, or favorable condition.
My ire at Spitzer is partly triggered by the embarrassing record of his hand-picked successor, David Paterson, an accidental governor who put the "hap" in "hapless."
But at the deliuerie of the monie, and by a certeine kind of hap, the Romans name was preserued at that time from such dishonor and ignominie as was likelie to haue insued.
A culture that discourages its artists from creating bold simulacrums and wild enchantments is one opting for dull, stable sleeps and rote, untransformed wakefulness. john baker: This from Allen Mathews: The word "hap" means luck or ...