gap
An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
Noun 4 meanings
An opening in anything, made by breaking or parting.
“He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.”
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
“We can slip through that gap between the buildings.”
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
“There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.”
A vacant space or time.
“I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.”
Verb 4 meanings
To notch, as a sword or knife.
To make an opening in; to breach.
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.”
To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
Etymology
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 at a glance
GAP has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,102 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gap
All rhymes- STOPGAP12
- MEDIGAP13
- AIRGAP9
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