Gap

noun 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.
6. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack. Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
7. A mountain or hill pass. The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
8. 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. The regions between the outfielders. Jones doubled through the gap.
10. Australia The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item. Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
11. Australia, literary, usually The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
12. An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
13. euphemistic, slang The vagina.

Similar: clearing, hole, opening, space, window, interim, hiatus

verb gaps · gapping · 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.
4. especially, intransitive, slang, transitive To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin. Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game
5. New Zealand, slang To leave suddenly. [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
6. intransitive To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap. 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.
7. 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.

noun gaps

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

verb gaps · gapping · gapped

1. US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive To stare or gape. Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]

proper noun

1. A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of guilty anticipated plea.guilty anticipated plea

proper noun

1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Great Ape Project.Great Ape Project