hap·py-go-lucky

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• hap|py-go-luck|y — «HAP ee goh LUHK ee», adjective, adverb. –adj. taking things easily as they come; trusting to luck: »Those people are certainly happy go lucky. –adv. as luck may have it; haphazard …   Useful english dictionary

• hap|py — «HAP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est. 1. feeling as a person does when he is well and having a good time; glad; contented: »She is happy in her new home. SYNONYM(S): joyous, joyful, gay, cheerful, elated, r …   Useful english dictionary

• hap — Synonyms and related words: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, adventure, be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, betide, break, bundle up, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit, circumstance, come …   Moby Thesaurus

• happy-go-lucky — /hap ee goh luk ee/, adj. trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned. [1665 75] Syn. carefree, heedless, blithe, lighthearted, insouciant. * * * …   Universalium

• happy-go-lucky — hap′py go luck′y adj. trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned • Etymology: 1665–75 …   From formal English to slang

• Happy-go-lucky — Happy Hap py (h[a^]p p[y^]), a. [Compar. {Happier} ( p[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Happiest}.] [From {Hap} chance.] 1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Lucky Corner — Infobox Film name = The Lucky Corner image size = caption = director = Gus Meins producer = Hal Roach writer = narrator = starring = music = Marvin Hatley cinematography = Hap Depew editing = Louis McManus distributor = MGM released = 14 March,… …   Wikipedia

• happy-go-lucky — [hap′ē gō luk′ē] adj. taking things as they come; easygoing; trusting to luck; lighthearted …   English World dictionary

• Fool-happy — Fool hap py, a. Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• happy — hap|py W1S1 [ˈhæpi] adj comparative happier superlative happiest [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: hap chance, luck (13 20 centuries), from Old Norse happ] 1.) having feelings of pleasure, for example because something good has happened to you or you are …   Dictionary of contemporary English