Gap

//ɡæp//

Definitions

noungaps

1
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
Similar
break hole rip
2
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
Similar
break
3
Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog

verbgaps · gapping · gapped

1
To notch, as a sword or knife.
2
To make an opening in; to breach.
3
To stare or gape.

name

1
A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
2
Initialism of Great Ape Project.

Word Origin

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”). ...

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