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हप hap[prob, fr. S. ŧहप् or ल्हप् 'to sound'; or akin to jhap, q.v.], s.m. The act of suddenly snatching with the mouth and swallowing;—the sound made in swallowing or bolting down; the sound made by a strong and sudden compression of the lips:—hap-jhap, or haphap, adv. Gobble-gobble, greedily, quickly, voraciously:—hap-jhap khānā, v.t. To gobble, to bolt, to eat quickly and voraciously:—hap karnāor kar-jānā(-ko), To eat up, to swallow up, to gobble up.
Origin: Hindi