gap

Noun (1)

gap (plural gaps)

1. An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
   • He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.

   Synonyms:

   break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure

2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
   • We can slip through that gap between the buildings.

   Synonyms:

   break

3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
   • There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

   Synonyms:

   space

4. A vacant space or time.
   • I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.

   Synonyms:

   break

5. A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
   • I'm taking a gap.
   • You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
6. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
   • Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
   • Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.
7. A mountain or hill pass.
   • The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.

   Synonyms:

   col, neck, pass

8. (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
   • At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
9. The regions between the outfielders.
   • Jones doubled through the gap.
10. (Australia) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
    • Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5
11. (Australia, literary, usually) The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
12. An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
13. (euphemistic, slang) The vagina.

    Synonyms:

    axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge

Verb (1)

gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)

1. (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
2. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
3. (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
   • I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
4. (especially, intransitive, slang, transitive) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
   • Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game2022 May 4, u/jhawk1117, “Two units that were really ahead of their time”, in Reddit, r/DBZDokkanBattle, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024
   • sometimes dril gets absolutely gapped by average ukraine war reddit comments2023 May 23, @slime_machine, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024
5. (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
   • [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral2020 June 17, “'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral”, in Newstalk ZB, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022
6. (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
   • The robe gaps open at the waist, breasts spilling out of a lacy bra that looks like she might have had it since her college days.2007 July [2006], Jeanne C. Stein, Blood Drive (Anna Strong; 2), →ISBN, page 60
7. (intransitive, transitive) Of an electric train, to be positioned, or to cause to be positioned, between electrical pickup points, causing loss of power.
   • The lights flickered as the train momentarily gapped.
   • The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.

Verb (2)

gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)

1. (US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive) To stare or gape.
   • Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]1904, Chuck Connors, Bowery Life, New York, N.Y.: Richard K. Fox Publishing Company, unnumbered page

Noun (2) capitalized: GAP

GAP

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of guilty anticipated plea.

   Antonyms:

   NGAP

Proper noun (1) capitalized: GAP

GAP

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Great Ape Project.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Gap

IPA/ˈɡæp/

Gap

1. A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.