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Hasp

Definitions: Hasp

Hasp

Noun

1. A fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal strap fits over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock.

Verb

1. Secure or lock with a hasp.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hasp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Hasp

DomainDefinitions

Computing

HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Program. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Personal Care & Hotels

A fastener for a door or lid consisting of a bringed metal strap that fits over a staple and is secured by a pin or padlock. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Hasp

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

HASP

EnglishHigh-level automatic scheduling programN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Hasp

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Connection

Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post.

Junction

Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hasp

English words defined with "hasp": Hasped, HaspingpadlockTurn-buckleUnhasp, Uphasp. (references)
Etymologies containing "hasp": HespUphasp. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Hasp" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (hasp).

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Use in Literature: Hasp

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Its double tires were new, and a brass padlock stood straight out from the hasp on the big black doors.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Hasp

"Hasp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hasp" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%11106,044

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hasp

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hasp

110

device driver hasp

43

emulator hasp

32

driver hasp

10

hasp lock

8

aladdin hasp

6

dump hasp

6

mastercam hasp

5

brain hasp

5

dongle hasp

5

hasp key

4

emulation hasp

4

dongle emulator hasp

3

hasp and staple

3

dongles hasp

3

4 hasp

3

hasp padlock

2

alldata hasp

2

copy hasp

2

hasp xp

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hasp

Language Translations for "hasp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mbërtheckë (hook and eye, pin, safety pin, stud), bravë (fastening, lock). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غلق بمشبك. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чиле (hank, skein, twist), гранка (offset, offshoot, sprig), масур (cop, quill, reel, spool), закопчалка (fastener, fastening, snap, snap fastener). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vřeteno (bobbin, spindle), spona (brace, buckle, clasp, copula), petlice (latch). (various references)

   

Danish

  

haspe (reel, whin, whisk), krampe (clip, convulsion, cramp, hook, hook joint, loop, muscle cramp, staple, unsound). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

overval (hostile takeover bid, looting raid(by thieves), undesired take-over, unfriendly takeover bid). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ماکو (Shuttle), ماسوره (Bobbin, Hank, Reel, Spool), چفت کردن (Latch, Slot), چفت (Latch, Lid, Snap), کلاف (Hank, Skein), قرقره (Bobbin, Hank, Pulley, Spool), دورچیزی پیچیدن , بستن (Assess, Attach, Bang, Bar, Belt, Bind, Bloc, Block, Blockade, Choke, Clasp, Coagulate, Congeal, Cork, Curdle, Gird, Impute, Jam, Jell, Knit, Obturate, Padlock, Pen, Picket, Plug, Seal, Shut, Steek, Tighten, Truss, Wattle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

salparauta, aspi. (various references)

   

French

  

moraillon. (various references)

   

German

  

Haspe (hinge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλειδώνω (lock, lock up), γάτζοσ, πόρπη (brooch, buckle, clamp, clasp, clip, fastener, staple), υποδοχή λουκέτου, επικλείδα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

וו (hook, peg, pin). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pászma (hank), motring (hank, skein), lakatretesz, hevederpánt, gombolyító motolla, fonalorsó, csat (buckle, clasp, fastener, Morse, snap). (various references)

   

Italian

  

portalucchetto, fermaglio (buckle, clasp, clip, devils' claw, fastener, fastening, hitch pin, linkpin, locking clamp, metal lace, pole, screw stopper, stopper). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

南京 (padlock). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

な"き"じょう (padlock). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

. (various references)

   

Manx

  

hesp. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asphay

   

Portuguese

  

haxixe (cannabis resin, charas, hasher, hashish), gancho para cadeado, gancho (bond, brace, catch, clamp, clasp, claw, clincher, clip, coat hook, cramp, crook, dog, fastener, folding stirrup, gaff, gagger, hanger, hog-wash, holdfast, hook, latch, lifter, log dog, log grab, loop, snap, staple, stirrup, strap, tie-plate, toe-clip, trammel), ferrolho (bolt, latch), fecho (buckle, catch, clasp, closing, closure, fastener, keystone, latch, lever latch, lock, locket, metal lace, snap, tying), argola (circlet, cufflink, door knocker, hoop, link, loop, ring). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fus (cone, journal, linchpin, mandrel, shaft, spindle, Trunnion), cataramã (buckle, clasp, shackle), balama (hinge, joint), încuietoare (latch, lock-bolt, poser, stunt). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

крючок (crotchet, fishhook, fishing hook, hook), застежка (clasp, fastener), засов (bar, bolt, fast), запор (constipation, fastener, latch, lock, lock on). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

reza (bolt, latch), kopča (buckle, clasp, clasp-pin, fastening, hook, snap), klupče (clew). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sujetador (bra, clamp, fastener), soporte de candado, pasador (bar, barrette, bobby pin, brooch, catch, closing latch, cotter pin, dispatcher, dowel, dowel pin, facilitator, intransigent, joining pin, key, latch, lock, marlinespike, pin bolt, slide, slotted pin, smuggler, spike, stud, vagabond, vagrant), cerrar con pasador, broche (breast pin, broach, brooch, clasp, clip, fastener, pin), aldaba (door knocker, knocker, latch). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

haspa, hasp, stänga med hasp. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ใส่บานพับ, บานพับสำหรับใส่กุญแจ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, fasten, infix, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), toka (bobby pin, buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, grip, hairgrip, handshake, ouch, slide), makara (block, bobbin, pulley, quill, reel, roller, sheave, spool, truckle, whip), kopçalamak (clasp, fasten), kopça (buckle, clasp, eyelet, frog, hook, snap), kilit köprüsü ile kilitlemek, asma kilit köprüsü, çile (hank, ordeal, skein, suffering, trial, tribulation), çengelli iğne (safety pin). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

засув (bar, bolt, catch, fast, fastener, latch, lock, sneck), застібка (chape, clasp, fastener, fibula, placket, snap), застібати (button, clasp), запирати на засув. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

con sợi, bản lề để móc khoá. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hesben. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hasp

Derivations

Words beginning with "hasp": hasped, hasping, hasps. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hasp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haas, haast, Haccp, haep, halp, hamp, happ, hasa, Hasbi, hasf, hasn, Hatip, haup, haz, hazz, heps, hess, hisop, Hsac, thesp, Vasp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Hasp

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: haps, pash.

Words within the letters "a-h-p-s"

-1 letter: ash, asp, hap, has, pah, pas, sap, sha, spa.

-2 letters: ah, as, ha, pa, sh.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-p-s"
 

+1 letter: aphis, apish, caphs, chaps, ephas, harps, hasps, heaps, kaphs, opahs, pasha, paths, phase, plash, pshaw, shape, sharp, spahi, staph, whaps.

 

+2 letters: alephs, alphas, aphids, aspish, champs, chapes, cheaps, ephahs, graphs, hasped, khaphs, mishap, pachas, palish, parish, pashas, pashed, pashes, pathos, phages, pharos, phased, phases, phasic, phasis, phials, phrase, plashy, poisha, potash, prahus, pshaws, pujahs, ralphs, raphes, raphis, scarph, seraph, shaped, shapen, shaper, shapes, sharps, sharpy, sherpa, shnaps, spahee, spahis, spathe, splash, staphs, sulpha, washup, whaups.

 

+3 letters: airship, alphyls, apaches, aphasia, aphasic, apheses, aphesis, aphides, apishly, asphalt, asphyxy, barhops, bypaths, caliphs, carhops, chapels, cheapos, coprahs, dampish, daphnes, dashpot, diphase, dishpan, eparchs, hampers, hangups, hapaxes, hapless, happens, haptens, harpers, harpies, harpins, harpist, hasping, hatpins, hepcats, heptads, hooplas, hopsack, hubcaps, hutzpas, inphase, isopach, kaliphs, mishaps, oompahs, orphans, pachisi, padshah, pakehas, palship, panfish, paraphs, parches, pardahs, pariahs, paschal, pashing, patches, peaches, peahens, peakish, pechans, perhaps, phallus, phaseal, phasing, phasmid, phobias, phrasal, phrased, phrases, planish, plashed, plasher, plashes, poaches, prewash, pshawed, punkahs, purdahs, raphias, raspish, reshape, rhaphes, rupiahs, saphead, saphena, sapphic, scarphs, schappe, schnaps, seraphs, shakeup, shallop, shampoo, shapely, shapers, shapeup, shaping, sharped, sharpen, sharper, sharpie, sharply, sherpas, shiplap, shipman, shipway, shoepac, shophar, shopman, smashup, spahees, spathal, spathed, spathes, spathic, spheral, spinach, splashy, sulphas, teashop, tephras, threaps, unsharp, upheaps, vampish, wampish, warship, washups, waspish, whipsaw.

 

+4 letters: acalephs, airships, alphorns, alphosis, amidship, amphoras, anaphase, anaphors, antiship, apathies, aphagias, aphasiac, aphasias, aphasics, aphonias, aphonics, aphorise, aphorism, aphorist, aphthous, apothems, ashplant, asphalts, aspheric, asphodel, asphyxia, bakeshop, basophil, biphasic, calipash, camphols, camphors, capuches, catchups, champacs, champaks, champers, chapatis, chapeaus, chaplets, chapters, charpais, charpoys, cheapens, cheapest, cheapies, cheapish, chutzpas, daphnias, dashpots, dauphins, deanship, despatch, digraphs, diphasic, dishpans, dispatch, dramshop, dustheap, earlship, emphases, emphasis, ephedras, epitaphs, esophagi, euphrasy, flagship, galumphs, graphics, haircaps, hairpins, hanapers, haplites, haploids, haplonts, haploses, haplosis, happiest, haptenes, hardpans, hardship, hardtops, harelips, harpings, harpists, harpoons, harumphs, haruspex, headpins, headship, heeltaps, helipads, heparins, hepatics, heptanes, hexaplas, hexapods, hopheads, hopsacks, hoptoads, hospital, hospitia, hospodar, hutzpahs, hyponeas, hypoxias, isograph, isopachs, ladyship, matchups, mateship, mispatch, misshape, morphias, naphthas, naphtols, omphalos, pachisis, pachucos, padishah, padshahs, paganish, pahlavis, painches, palships, panaches, panochas, panoches, pansophy, panthers, paphians, parashah, parashot, parchesi, parchisi, parflesh, parishes, paschals, pashadom, pashalic, pashalik, pastiche, patchers, pathless, pathoses, pathways, paunches, pawnshop, peachers, pearlash, phaetons, phallism, phallist, phantasm, phantast, phantasy, phantoms, pharaohs, pharisee, pharoses, phaseout, phasmids, pheasant, phenates, phonates, phorates, phrasing, phylaxis, physical, phytanes, picachos, pinheads, piranhas, pistache, pitheads, planches, plashers, plashier, plashing, pleaches, poachers, pochards, pooftahs, postheat, potashes, potheads, potshard, prankish, preaches, precrash, preheats, preshape, prophase, pshawing, purchase, pushball, pushcart, raphides, rephrase, reshaped, reshaper, reshapes, rhapsode, rhapsody, samphire, sapheads, saphenae, sapphics, sapphire, sapphism, sapphist, scampish, scaphoid, scarphed, schappes, schnapps, scyphate, seraphic, seraphim, seraphin, shakeups, shallops, shampoos, shapable, shapeups, sharpens, sharpers, sharpest, sharpies, sharping, sheepman, shiplaps, shipload, shipmate, shipways, shipyard, shoepack, shoepacs, shophars, shoptalk, shrapnel, shwanpan, siphonal, slapdash, smashups, snappish, snapshot, southpaw, sparkish, spathose, sphagnum, spinachy, splashed, splasher, splashes, stanhope, starship, subgraph, subphase, subphyla, sulphate, swampish, sympathy, syrphian, tankship, tapholes, taphouse, teashops, thespian, towpaths, trampish, tranship, triphase, unshaped, unshapen, upheaves, uphoards, vaporish, wardship, warpaths, warships, whappers, whiplash, whiprays, whipsawn, whipsaws, whooplas, zaptiahs, zaptiehs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hasp


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 73 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .-    ...    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110011 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#115 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0073 0070

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42678582

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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