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hasp

/hɑːsp/US/hæsp/

hasp noun: a clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door. Also the alternative form of hesp.

hasp: a clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door
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Noun

hasp (plural hasps)

  1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
  2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
  3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

  1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
    • He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain,
      limping and looped in it.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 31

Also used as

hasp is also the alternative form of hesp.

hasp meaning in Hindi

hasp in Hindi

a clasp
कुंडी kuṇḍī, सिटकिनी siṭkinī

Forms of hasp

Noun
pluralhasps
Verb
third-person singular presenthasps
present participlehasping
past participlehasped
pasthasped

Origin of hasp

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

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Words that rhyme with hasp

Questions about hasp

What does hasp mean?
Hasp means a clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
What is hasp in Hindi?
Hasp in Hindi is कुंडी (kuṇḍī), सिटकिनी (siṭkinī). See Hasp meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hasp?
Hasp can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce hasp?
Hasp is pronounced /hɑːsp/ (UK).
What is the plural of hasp?
The plural of hasp is hasps.

Words near hasp in the dictionary

  1. Hasmoneans
  2. hasn't
  3. hasna
  4. hasnae
  5. hasnt
  6. hasp
  7. hasped
  8. hasping
  9. hasps
  10. hass
  11. Hass avocado

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