Gap Definition

găp
gapped, gapping, gaps
noun
gaps
A hole or opening, as in a wall or fence, made by breaking or parting; breach.
Webster's New World
A break in a line of defense.
American Heritage
A mountain pass, cleft, or ravine.
Webster's New World
A space between objects or points; an aperture.
A gap between his front teeth.
American Heritage
An interruption of continuity in space or time; hiatus; lacuna.
Webster's New World
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verb
To make an opening in; breach.
Webster's New World
To come apart; open.
Webster's New World
To make or adjust a space between (objects or points) or in (a device).
Gap boards on a deck; gap a spark plug.
American Heritage

To notch, as a sword or knife.

Wiktionary
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.
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Other Word Forms of Gap

Noun

Singular:
gap
Plural:
gaps

Origin of Gap

  • From Old Norse gap (“chasm”), related to Old Norse gapa (“to gape”); compare gape.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old Norse chasm

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gap Sentence Examples

  • There was already a sizable gap between her wagon and the one in front of her.

  • In fear lest he should be outflanked by Uluch Ali, he stood out to sea, leaving a gap between himself and the centre.

  • There is a gap from xvi.

  • In the interest of euphony some harmonious sound is needed to bridge the great gap which almost always exists between the bass and the upper instruments, but this filling out must be of the softest and most atmospheric kind.

  • Through a gap in the broken wall he could see, beside the wooden fence, a row of thirty year-old birches with their lower branches lopped off, a field on which shocks of oats were standing, and some bushes near which rose the smoke of campfires-- the soldiers' kitchens.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAP

Words Ending With

PAPGAP

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Words Starting With G and Ending With P

Starts With G & Ends With PStarts With GA & Ends With PStarts With G & Ends With AP

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With G3 Letter Words Ending With P