hap Syllabification: (hap)Pronunciation: /hap/ archaicDefinition of hap noun luck; fortune. a chance occurrence, especially an event that is considered unlucky. verb (haps, happing, happed) [no object] come about by chance:what can hap to him worthy to be deemed evil? [with infinitive] have the fortune or luck to do something:where’er I happ’d to roamOrigin: Middle English: from Old Norse happhap in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hap in the British & World English dictionary
