gap

IPA: gˈæp

noun

  • An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  • An opening allowing passage or entrance.
  • An opening that implies a breach or defect.
  • A vacant space or time.
  • A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
  • A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
  • A mountain or hill pass.
  • (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
  • (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
  • (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.
  • (Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
  • (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
  • A town, the capital of the department of the Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  • Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan) [(India, colloquial) Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.]
  • Initialism of Great Ape Project.

verb

  • (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
  • (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
  • (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
  • (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
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