English Explanatory Dictionary

gap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
  3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
  4. A vacant space or time.
  5. A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
  6. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
  7. A mountain or hill pass.
  8. A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
  9. The regions between the outfielders.
  10. The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
  11. 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.
verb
  1. To notch, as a sword or knife.
  2. To make an opening in; to breach.
  3. To check the size of a gap.
  4. To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
  5. To leave suddenly.
  6. To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
noun
  1. Alternative form of gup (“elected head of a gewog in Bhutan”).
verb
  1. To stare or gape.
name
  1. A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
noun
  1. Acronym of guilty anticipated plea.
name
  1. Acronym of Great Ape Project.

Pronunciation

găp /ɡæp/ en-us-gap.ogg EN-AU ck1 gap.ogg /ɡap/ /ɡɛp/ /ɡa(ː)p/ /ˈɡæp/

Word forms

gap gaps gapping gapped

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”). Doublet of gape.

Synonyms

clearing hole opening space window interim hiatus break rip split tear rift chasm fissure col neck pass axe wound bearded clam beaver berk bonne bouche box bun bush cavern clunge coin slot cooch coochie cookie cooter cooze crack crevice cunny cunt fanny fish lips foo-foo front bottom front bum front hole gash ginch girl Grand Canyon honeypot hoo-ha innie juice box kebab kitty la-la love box love tunnel minge minnie monosyllable moocha

Antonyms

NGAP

Related words

gap moe

Derived words

accidental gap age gap airgap anion gap annular gap junction bandgap Barnesmore Gap Barunga Gap bridge the gap Buffalo Gap Clements Gap coal gap content gap Cooks Gap Doctors Gap eigengap electron gap fermium gap fillgap find the gap find the gaps Fowlers Gap Gap-1 Gap-2 gap buffer gap byte gap concept gap creationism gap creationist gap-fill gap fill gapful gap insurance gap it gap junction gap lapper gap-lapper gap lathe gapless gaplike gapmer gap of danger gapper gappist gappy Gap Ridge gap sheet gapsite Gapsted gap theorist gap theory gap-toothed gap wedge gap yah gap year genetic gap Gunning Gap Halls Gap Hayes Gap high anion gap metabolic acidosis
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