gap

1. 1

   An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.

   • He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
2. 2

   An opening allowing passage or entrance.

   • We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
3. 3

   An opening that implies a breach or defect.

   • There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
4. 4

   A vacant space or time.

   • I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
5. 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. 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. 7

   A mountain or hill pass.

   • The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
8. 8

   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. 9

   The regions between the outfielders.

   • Jones doubled through the gap.
10. 10

    The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.Australia

    • Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.

syn. clearing · hole · opening · space · window · interim · hiatus

1. 1

   To notch, as a sword or knife.transitive

2. 2

   To make an opening in; to breach.transitive

3. 3

   To check the size of a gap.transitive

   • 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. 4

   To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.especiallyintransitiveslang

   • Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game
   • sometimes dril gets absolutely gapped by average ukraine war reddit comments
5. 5

   To leave suddenly.New-Zealandslang

   • [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
6. 6

   To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.intransitive

   • 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.
7. 7

   Of an electric train, to be positioned, or to cause to be positioned, between electrical pickup points, causing loss of power.intransitivetransitive

   • The lights flickered as the train momentarily gapped.
   • The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.

1. 1

   Alternative form of gup (“elected head of a gewog in Bhutan”).alt-ofalternative

1. 1

   To stare or gape.USdatedintransitive

   • Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]