happer.
to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
Meaning & usage
to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
On lui jeta un os, et il le happa.
to grab, to seize
to strike forcefully
Il a été happé par une automobile et tué sur le coup.
to catch off guard; take by surprise
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French happer, haper, from Old French happer, haper (“to seize, snap up”), of obscure origin. Possibly onomatopoeic. Alternatively, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-West Germanic *happā (“hook, clasp”), or related to Middle Dutch happen (“to snap, bite”) (whence modern Dutch happen), Middle Dutch haperen (“to stammer, quarrel”) (whence modern Dutch haperen), German Low German happen (“to snatch something up, grab”), German Happen (“morsel, snack”).
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