mishap
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈmɪshæp//
An accident, mistake, or problem.
noun
- 1
An accident, mistake, or problem.
Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.
He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.
“Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred today at the Nasser Hospital,” the office said in a statement. It went on to say that “Israel values the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians.”
- 2
Ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest, Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
He ſvvet and ſvvet againe vvith ſuch exceſſiue ſvvoonings, as not only himſelfe, but likevviſe all the beholders, did verily deeme, that his life vvas ending. This ſtorme and miſhappe endured about ſome tvvo hovvres, after vvhich hee remayned not cured as his Maſter, but ſo vveary and indiſpoſed, as hee vvas not able to ſtand.
There are certain ceremonies which are observed once a year by a whole community or village, and are intended to safeguard its members from dangers of the forest, and from sickness and mishap during the coming twelve months.
Etymology
From Middle English mishap, myshappe, myssehappe, equivalent to mis- + hap.
verb
- 1
archaicTo happen through misfortune; to mishappen.
Etymology
From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap.
Forms
- plural
- mishaps
- past tense
- mishapped
- past participle
- mishapped
- present participle
- mishapping
- third person singular
- mishaps