haps

Noun (1)

hap (countable and uncountable, plural haps)

1. (archaic, uncountable) A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.
2. (archaic, countable) A stroke of good or bad luck, an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event.
   • Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build / Their hopes on haps, and do not make despair / For all these certain blows the surest shield.c. 1580s, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, book 2

   Synonyms:

   hazard

Noun (2)

hap (plural haps)

1. (archaic, in plural, slang) Happenings; events; goings-on.
   • Katie Griffin as Samantha Sparks: "Hey, Flint. I heard your extended (gasp) earlier. What's the haps?"
     Mark Edwards as Flint Lockwood: "The haps is -- you're not going to believe this, but dad asked me to make him an invention!"2018, Something Fishy (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series)

   Synonyms:

   affairs

Noun (3)

hap (plural haps)

1. (Pennsylvania, Scotland, UK, Western, archaic) 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.

Noun (4)

hap (plural haps)

1. (archaic) Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.

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