gap
- noun
- /ɡæp/
- Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall.
- a wide gap
- cross a gap
- canopy gaps
Let's plug the let's plug the gaps in this in this ship.
- Let's plug the let's plug the gaps in this in this ship.
- I do not understand why that little gap is so hard to cover.
- So now I'm just painting the gaps where the skirting meets.
- Well, if I take them sitting with a big gap between, like I've lost.
- Like, you know, the way a door fits in the gap between the door, right?
- Is there like maybe like less of a, a gap for your, your cock?
Examples
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If you are able to notice the gaps, give them attention.
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A strip of almost total darkness fit into the gap of the glass door.
Fiction book (1990) -
I do not understand why that little gap is so hard to cover.
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But there will be a gap in between them which is not natural.
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I think I have a solution for that gap in the spring calendar.
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You can quite clearly see in this curve a gap appearing.
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We're gonna fill in some of these gaps by using whatever debris we find.
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As the horses filed out through the gap toward the track, Leone faded back into the crowd.
Fiction book (1990) -
The screws were driven and the gap was filled with polyurethane foam.
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As you exit the train, mind the gap between the train and the station's platform.
Synonyms
An empty area available for use
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
A long narrow opening in a surface
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
An empty space between words or lines in writing
An opening in a wall, dam, or defence usually made by force
A space between two things that keeps them apart
A wide gap between people, groups, or ideas
A deep, wide opening in the ground between cliffs
A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
A hollow space in the ground or a solid object
A low point on a mountain ridge between two peaks that people use to cross
A small hollow space set back into a wall or rock
An opening in a surface or structure, like a hole in a wall
An empty area for writing or filling in information
A small narrow space between things where dust or air can pass
A space between two things
A small space between parts of an object
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
Antonyms
Compounds
The difference in how much money and comfort rich and poor people have
The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports over a time period
- Specialized
A device with a gap between metal parts where an electrical spark can jump
A mountain pass between Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee used by early settlers to travel west
- Slang
A year taken after school before university when a young person travels or volunteers
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gap comes from an old English and Norse word like gape, which meant 'wide open' or an 'open mouth'. So a gap is an opening or pass in land or between objects — imagine a wide empty space you can walk through.