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gap

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gap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gal.

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English

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Etymology 1

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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.

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gap (plural gaps)

  1. An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
    He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
  2. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
    We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
  3. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
    There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
  4. A vacant space or time.
    I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
  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. 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.
    She has a gap in her teeth.
    (see also gap-toothed)
    • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
      The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
    • 2026 March 9, Cyrus Veyssi, “In Defense of Influencers”, in TIME‎[1], archived from the original on 14 March 2026:
      But there is a wide gap between the dollars being invested in creators and the respect that is paid to them. It is time to take influencers seriously.
  7. A mountain or hill pass.
    The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
  8. (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.
  9. (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
    Jones doubled through the gap.
  10. (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.
  11. (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
  12. (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
  13. (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
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gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)

  1. (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
  2. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
  3. (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
    I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
  5. (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
    • 2022 May 4, u/jhawk1117, “Two units that were really ahead of their time”, in Reddit‎[2], r/DBZDokkanBattle, archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game
    • 2023 May 23, @slime_machine, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      sometimes dril gets absolutely gapped by average ukraine war reddit comments
    • 2023 December 19, @kommanderkarl, Twitter‎[4], archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      Imagine street racing someone then suddenly both of you get gapped by a slammed tiger tank 😂 AKA der "Drippenwagen"
    • 2024 March 9, u/djpain20, “T1 vs. Gen.G / LCK 2024 Spring - Week 7 / Post-Match Discussion”, in Reddit‎[5], r/leagueoflegends, archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      "Not really the reason his team lost" is still not showing up by Chovy's standarts. Like in a way you're downplaying how good this guy has been domestically the last 3-4 years. He is comfortably the best player in the league and is utterly gapping every other midlaner in the league series after series, year after year.
    • 2024 May 14, u/DM-Me-Your_Titties, “Kia reveals mid-life update to EV6.”, in Reddit‎[6], r/cars, archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      My sports car gets gapped by families of 5 in these all the time and they don't even know we're racing
    • 2024 July 6, @Rubiflorid, Twitter‎[7], archived from the original on 18 July 2024:
      When you avoid getting buffed next patch due to your players gapping
  6. (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
    • 2020 June 17, “'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral”, in Newstalk ZB‎[8], archived from the original on 13 October 2022:
      [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
  7. (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
    • 2007 July [2006], Jeanne C. Stein, Blood Drive (Anna Strong; 2)‎[9], →ISBN, page 60:
      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.
  8. (intransitive, transitive) Of an electric train, to be positioned, or to cause to be positioned, between electrical pickup points, causing loss of power.
    The lights flickered as the train momentarily gapped.
    The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.
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Etymology 2

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    From gup.

    Noun

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    gap (plural gaps)

    1. Alternative form of gup (“elected head of a gewog in Bhutan”).

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    A variant of gape.[1]

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    gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)

    1. (intransitive, transitive, US, slang, dated) To stare or gape.
      • 1904, Chuck Connors, Bowery Life, New York, N.Y.: Richard K. Fox Publishing Company, unnumbered page:
        Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]

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    1. ^ “gap v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

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    gap

    1. inflection of gappen:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
      3. imperative

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    Borrowed from English gap. Related to gapen, gaap, jaap.

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    gap n (plural gappen, diminutive gapje n)

    1. (business) gap
      Synonyms: gat, kloof

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    gap m (plural gaps)

    1. (chemistry) gap
    2. gap (difference)

    Garo

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    gap

    1. snail

    Icelandic

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    Etymology

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    Deverbal from gapa (“to open one's mouth wide; to yawn”).

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    gap n (genitive singular gaps, nominative plural göp)

    1. gap, opening
      Synonyms: op, rifa, glufa

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    Declension of gap (neuter)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative gap gapið göp göpin
    accusative gap gapið göp göpin
    dative gapi gapinu göpum göpunum
    genitive gaps gapsins gapa gapanna

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    Etymology 1

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    Onomatopoeic.

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    gap

    1. beating, the sound of action by which someone or something is beaten
      Synonym: degap

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    From English gap, from Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”).

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    gap

    1. gap,
      1. an opening in anything
        Synonym: celah
      2. the disparity between communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
        Synonyms: jurang, kesenjangan

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    Lillooet

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    gap

    1. evening

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡap/

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    gap

    1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of gëben

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    gap

    1. imperative of gape

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    gap

    1. manuscript spelling of gab, first/third-person singular past indicative of gëban

    Old Norse

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    Etymology

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    Presumably from gapa (“to gape”).

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    • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑp/

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    gap n (genitive gaps, plural gǫp)

    1. gap, empty space
      • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
        […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
        […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
    2. (figuratively) shouting, crying, gab
      • Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
        […] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […]
        […] there was so much noise and gab […]

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    Declension of gap (strong a-stem)
    neuter singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative gap gapit gǫp gǫpin
    accusative gap gapit gǫp gǫpin
    dative gapi gapinu gǫpum gǫpunum
    genitive gaps gapsins gapa gapanna

    Derived terms

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    • gapa (“to gape”)
    • gapi (“reckless man”)

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    • Danish: gab
    • Faroese: gap
    • Icelandic: gap
    • → Middle English: gap, gappe
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gap
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: gap
    • Swedish: gap

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    • Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “gap”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 191
    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gap”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 161; also available at the Internet Archive

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    • Rhymes: -ap
    • Syllabification: gap

    Etymology 1

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      First attested in the 18th century.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      gap m pers (related adjective gapiowski)

      2. (colloquial, usually in the plural, derogatory) gaper, gawker, rubbernecker (mindless onlooker)
        Alternative form: (dialectal) gapa
        Synonyms: gapowicz, spektator, świadek, widz
        Hypernyms: obserwant, obserwator
        gapie gromadzą się ― gapers are gathering
        Tłum gapiów stał obok rozbitego samochodu. ― A crowd of gapers stood by the wrecked car.
        • 2008 July, Richard Morgan, “Trzynastka”, in Esensja, quoted in WSJP:
          Pomimo obecności licznych przechodniów, a nawet jednego czy dwóch bezczelnych gapiów, nagle okazało się, że nie ma żadnych świadków.
          Despite the presence of numerous passersby, and even one or two brazen gapers, it suddenly turned out that there were no witnesses.
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      Because this word inflects as if it contained a terminal [pʲ], which no longer exists in Polish and cannot be represented in Polish orthography, the nominative singular form is in practice used only as a lemma in dictionaries. Most native speakers only recognize this word in its inflected forms.

      Declension
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      Declension of gap
      singular plural
      nominative gap gapie
      genitive gapia gapiów
      dative gapiowi gapiom
      accusative gapia gapiów
      instrumental gapiem gapiami
      locative gapiu gapiach
      vocative gapiu gapie
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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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        gap f

        1. genitive plural of gapa

        Etymology 3

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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          gap

          1. second-person singular imperative of gapić

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          • “gap”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[10] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • “gap”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[11] (in Polish)
          • Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
          • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “gap”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 801
          • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “gap”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[12], 4. online edition, Warszawa

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          Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ (rged po)bor.
          English gup
          English gapbor.
          Spanish gap

            Borrowed from English gap.

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            • IPA(key): /ˈɡap/ [ˈɡap]
            • Rhymes: -ap
            • Syllabification: gap

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            gap m (plural gaps)

            2. gap (difference)

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            Etymology

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            From Old Norse gap.

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            gap n

            1. chasm or abyss
            2. gap; an opening that implies a breach or defect.
            3. a mouth, especially when wide open
            4. the space between the jaws of a wrench

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            Declension of gap
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite gap gaps
            definite gapet gapets
            plural indefinite gap gaps
            definite gapen gapens

            Derived terms

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            • gapskratt (“loud unrestrained laughter”)
            • gapflabb (“loud uncontrolled laughter”)
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            • gapa (“to open one's mouth”)

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            1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “gap”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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