That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
“Whether art it was or heedless
hap.”
— Spenser.
“Cursed be good
haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on
haps.”
— Sir P. Sidney.
“Loving goes by
haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
— Shak.