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hasp
- /hɑːsp/ UK
- /hæsp/ UK
- /hæsp/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːsp, -æsp
Where it comes from
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”).
noun hasps
- A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
- A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
- An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
verb hasps · hasping · hasped
- 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.
Translations
Talk about this word "hasp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hasp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hasp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hasp "hasp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hasp.Cite this
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