stopgap
IPA: stˈɑpgæp
noun
- (rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- (figuratively)
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- (specifically) A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
verb
- (transitive) To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
- (intransitive) To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
- (specifically) To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.
adjective
- Short-term; temporary.
- Filling a gap or pause.
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Examples of "stopgap" in Sentences
- The show was initially created as a stopgap.
- A stopgap solution is necessary one at the time.
- I put it there as a stopgap when I moved the subsection.
- This is simply a stopgap to fix the most glaring issue quickly.
- This is considered an obscure term' for the time being as a stopgap.
- Too often elections are a short-term stopgap for long-term problems.
- I had put it in as mostly a stopgap measure, and to do some compacting.
- As a stopgap, though, one of the other kinds of inputbox is a search box.
- I think the bullet list of provisions is a temporary stopgap measure at best.
- It was a stopgap solution, never intended to be a design of major importance.
- A stopgap pending a new image would be to note the adjustment in the caption.
- MARY SCHIAVO, AVIATION SAFETY EXPERT: Unfortunately that is a very short-term stopgap measure.
- Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.
- And Reid said Republicans were stalling and procrastinating by proposing another short-term stopgap to fund the government.
- In the meantime, it was asking publishers to cover more of the costs through a 7-cent surcharge in what it characterized as a stopgap measure.
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid comments on the Congress budget battle and says the House short-term stopgap plan is "a sure way to close the government."
- The nine bills would provide the funding and broadly divvy it up for the rest of fiscal year 2012, after Congress earlier passed a series of short-term stopgap measures.
- The Senate approved $219 billion in stopgap spending bill (HR 3081, above) for fiscal 2011, which will fund government operations until Dec. 3, at which time the post-election Congress will take up regular appropriations for the new budget year.