gap
See also gäp
English
Etymology
From Old Norse gap (“chasm”), related to Old Norse gapa (“to gape”); compare gape.
Pronunciation
Noun
gap (plural gaps)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- a gap in a fence
- He made a gap by kicking a weak spot.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- We can slip through that gap.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
- A vacant space or time.
- I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
- A hiatus.
- I'm taking a gap.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
- (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.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Jones doubled through the gap.
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
- 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,
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{{rfdef}}.- 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, BBC Sport:
- That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.
- 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, BBC Sport:
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{{rfdef}}.- 1995, Robert E. Knoll, “A University on the Defensive 1920-1927”, in Prairie University: A History of the University of Nebraska[1], page 70:
- When Charles Bessey suddenly died in 1916 at age seventy, he left a gap that was impossible to fill; and though his protégé. R. J. Pool, was a man of intelligence and character, he did not have Bessey’s authority.
- 1995, Robert E. Knoll, “A University on the Defensive 1920-1927”, in Prairie University: A History of the University of Nebraska[1], page 70:
Synonyms
- (opening made by breaking or parting): break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure
- (opening allowing passage or entrance): break, clearing, hole, opening
- (opening that implies a breach or defect): space
- (vacant space or time): window
- (hiatus): hiatus
- (mountain pass): col, neck, pass
- (in baseball):
Derived terms
Translations
opening made by breaking or parting
opening allowing passage or entrance
opening that implies a breach or defect
vacant space or time
hiatus — see hiatus
mountain pass
in baseball
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Verb
gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- To check the size of a gap.
- I gapped all the sparkplugs in my car then realized I used the wrong manual and had made them too small.