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Webster 1913 Edition


Mishap

Mis-hap′

,
Noun.
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
Chaucer.
Secure from worldly chances and
mishaps
.
Shakespeare

Mis-hap′

,
Verb.
I.
To happen unluckily; – used impersonally.
[Obs.]
“If that me mishap.”
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mishap

MISHAP'

,
Noun.
Ill chance; evil accident; ill luck; misfortune.
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps.

Definition 2024


mishap

mishap

English

Noun

mishap (plural mishaps)

  1. An accident, mistake, or problem.
    Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.
  2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
    • Shakespeare
      Secure from worldly chances and mishaps.

Translations

Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

  1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.