hasp

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UK/hɑːsp/UK/hæsp/

noun

A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.

OriginMiddle English haspe ← Old English hæsp ← Proto-West Germanic *haspijā →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nounhasp (plural hasps)

plural hasps

  1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
  2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
  3. alternativeAlternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
  4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
verbhasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

present singular third person hasps · participle present hasping · participle past hasped · past hasped

  1. transitiveTo 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.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 31

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
catch

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kamb-“to bend; crook”
  2. Proto-Germanic*haspijǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*haspijā
  4. Old Englishhæsp
  5. Middle Englishhaspe
  6. Englishhasp

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”).

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Translations

Bulgarian резе, закопчалка
  • резе (reze)a clasp
  • закопчалка (zakopčalka)a clasp
  • закопчавам (zakopčavam)to shut or fasten with hasp
Chinese Mandarin 搭扣
  • 搭扣 (Dākòu)a clasp
Dutch windhaak
  • windhaaka clasp
Finnish salpa, salvata
  • salpaa clasp
  • salvatato shut or fasten with hasp
French loquet
  • loqueta clasp
Hindi कुंडी, सिटकिनी
  • कुंडी (kuṇḍī)a clasp
  • सिटकिनी (siṭkinī)a clasp
Irish haspa
  • haspaa clasp
Italian fermaglio
  • fermaglioa clasp
Polish skobel, wrzeciądz
  • skobela clasp
  • wrzeciądza clasp
Spanish aspa
  • aspaa clasp
Swedish hasp
  • haspa clasp

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hasp

aspgraspclaspgasprasp
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Anagrams

ShappashSaphHSAP
Cite this entry
APA

hasp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasp

MLA

“hasp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hasp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasp.

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