mishap (redirected from mishaps)

mis·hap  (mshp, ms-hp)

n.

1. Bad luck.

2. An unfortunate accident.

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mishap

Noun

a minor accident

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mishap - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" mischance, bad luck fortune, hazard, luck, chance - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
	2.	mishap - an instance of misfortune misadventure, mischance accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury near miss - an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided derailment - an accident in which a train runs off its track ground loop - a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event puncture - loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

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mishap

noun accident, disaster, misfortune, stroke of bad luck, adversity, calamity, misadventure, contretemps, mischance, infelicity, evil chance, evil fortune

Translations

mishap [ˈmɪshæp] n → desgracia, contratiempo

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mishap [ˈmɪshæp] n → mésaventure f

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mishap [ˈmɪshæp] n → Missgeschick nt

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mishap [ˈmɪshæp] n → disgrazia