Hape

n.

Heard in Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Carlow, Offaly and Roscommon

A large heap or pile; also a state of exhaustion.

In use

Such a hape a scrap his yoke is/I was in a hape all day Sunday

Posh English

His motor car is a frightful pile of scrap metal.

Same phrase, other counties

  • A hapeA large quantity or great pile of something.
  • In a heapIn a complete state of disarray or intoxication. Wrecked or plastered. Pronounced 'hape'.
  • Up in a hapeTo be in a state of severe intoxication.
  • Up in a heapDisorganised or in a state of chaos.
  • Large chipA bag of chips (thick cut potato fries) that contains and arbitrary number of chips more…
  • HeapA very large quantity or amount. Also used to describe something big or massive.