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Noun: hap  hap
Usage: archaic
  1. An accidental happening
    "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"
Verb: hap (happed,happing)  hap
Usage: archaic
  1. (of an event) come to pass in time, so that it is real and actual at some time
    "The predicted solar eclipse happed exactly as scheduled";
    - happen, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

Derived forms: happed, happing, haps

Type of: accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke

Encyclopedia: Hap