gap
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forGal . FromMiddle English gap gappe Old Norse gap ( “ an empty space, gap, chasm ” ) , fromgapa ( “ to gape, scream ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *gapōną Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ( “ to open wide, gape ” ) . Related toDanish gab ( “ an expanse, space, gap ” ) ,Old English ġeap ( “ open space, expanse ” ) .Doublet ofgape
gap (plural gaps
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.He made agap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
An opening allowing passage or entrance.We can slip through thatgap between the buildings.
An opening that implies a breach or defect.There is agap between the roof and the gutter.
A vacant space or time.I have agap in my schedule next Tuesday.
Ahiatus , a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.I'm taking agap .
You must wait for agap in the traffic before crossing the road.
Avacancy ,deficit ,absence , orlack .Their departure has left agap in the workforce.
Find words to fill thegaps in an incomplete sentence.
She has agap in her teeth.
(see alsogap-toothed )2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul ”, inThe Economist 408 , number8847 :The yawninggap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
A mountain or hill pass.The exploring party went through the highgap in the mountains.
( Sussex ) cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).At BirlingGap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
( baseball ) outfielders .Jones doubled through thegap .
( Australia , for a medical or pharmacy item) insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduledfee for the item.2008 Understanding the Australian Health Care System ,page 5 :Under bulk billing the patient does not pay agap , and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
( Australia , usually written as"the gap" ) ( genetics ) ( slang , euphemistic ) vagina .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ( opening made by breaking or parting ) : break hole rip split tear rift chasm fissure ( opening allowing passage or entrance ) : break clearing hole opening Thesaurus:hole ( opening that implies a breach or defect ) : space ( vacant space or time ) : break space window Thesaurus:interspace orThesaurus:interim ( hiatus ) : hiatus Thesaurus:pause ( mountain pass ) : col neck pass opening made by breaking or parting
—see also hole Assamese:ফাঁক ( phãk ) Azerbaijani:aralıq (az) Bhojpuri:अंतर ( antar ) Bulgarian:ду́пка (bg) f ( dúpka ) ,пролу́ка (bg) f ( prolúka ) ,пра́зно мя́сто n ( prázno mjásto ) Catalan:obertura (ca) f Chinese:Cantonese:罅 ( laa3 ) Mandarin:間隙 / 间隙 (zh) ( jiànxì ) Czech:díra (cs) f Danish:ridse (da) Dutch:reet (nl) f spleet (nl) f Finnish:aukko (fi) French:brèche (fr) f écart (fr) m Galician:breca (gl) f fenda (gl) f fisga f laño m orgallo m arro m Georgian:რღვეული ( rɣveuli ) ,გამონანგრევი ( gamonangrevi ) German:Spalte (de) f Ritz (de) m Ritze (de) f Greek:κενό (el) n ( kenó ) Hindi:अंतर (hi) ( antar ) Hungarian:rés (hu) ,hézag (hu) ,nyílás (hu) ,hasadék (hu) Irish:bearna (ga) f Italian:breccia (it) f fessura (it) f buco (it) m passaggio (it) m Japanese:間隙 (ja) ( kangeki ) ,ずれ (ja) ( zure ) Korean:간극(間隙) (ko) ( gan'geuk ) ,극간(隙間) ( geukgan ) ,간각(間刻) ( gan'gak ) ,간통(間通) (ko) ( gantong ) ,틈 (ko) ( teum ) ,틈새 (ko) ( teumsae ) Latin:lacūna (la) f Malayalam:വിടവ് (ml) ( viṭavŭ ) Māori:mokorawhā Norwegian:Bokmål:luke m or f åpning (no) m or f mellomrom n lomme (no) m or f tomrom (no) n gap n spalte (no) m or f Portuguese:fenda (pt) f Russian:разры́в (ru) m ( razrýv ) ,проло́м (ru) m ( prolóm ) ,брешь (ru) f ( brešʹ ) ,щель (ru) f ( ščelʹ ) ,зазо́р (ru) m ( zazór ) ,промежу́ток (ru) m ( promežútok ) ,люфт (ru) m ( ljuft ) ,интерва́л (ru) m ( intɛrvál ) Spanish:brecha (es) f rehendija f redendija f boquete (es) m mella (es) f Swahili:mwanya (sw) Swedish:spricka (sv) c Thai:ช่อง (th) ( chɔ̂ng ) Tongan:ava Turkish:ara (tr) Ottoman Turkish:فرج ( ferc ) Walloon:schård (wa) m trô (wa) m Zulu:isikhala class7/ 8
opening allowing passage or entrance
—see also hole Bulgarian:про́ход (bg) m ( próhod ) ,про́пуск (bg) m ( própusk ) Catalan:llacuna (ca) f Chinese:Cantonese:罅 ( laa3 ) Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Czech:otvor (cs) m mezera (cs) f Finnish:aukko (fi) French:trouée (fr) f Galician:esgranicela f Georgian:საძრომი ( saʒromi ) ,გასაძრომი ( gasaʒromi ) German:Spalt (de) m Lücke (de) f Greek:κενό (el) n ( kenó ) Hungarian:rés (hu) ,hézag (hu) ,nyílás (hu) ,köz (hu) Irish:bearna (ga) f Italian:breccia (it) f fessura (it) f apertura (it) f passaggio (it) m Māori:angotanga Polish:szczelina (pl) f Portuguese:brecha (pt) f Russian:щель (ru) f ( ščelʹ ) ,брешь (ru) f ( brešʹ ) ,промежу́ток (ru) m ( promežútok ) Spanish:brecha (es) f resquicio (es) m intersticio (es) m abertura (es) f Swahili:mwanya (sw) Walloon:trô (wa) m trawêye (wa) f Zulu:isikhala class7/ 8
opening that implies a breach or defect
Bulgarian:ду́пка (bg) f ( dúpka ) Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Estonian:pragu Finnish:aukko (fi) Galician:granicela f eiva (gl) f laña f refollo m Georgian:ხარვეზი ( xarvezi ) ,ხვრელი ( xvreli ) Greek:κενό (el) n ( kenó ) Hungarian:rés (hu) ,hézag (hu) ,hiány (hu) ,hiányosság (hu) Irish:bearna (ga) f Italian:fessura (it) f spazio vuoto m interruzione (it) f Japanese:隙 (ja) ( suki ) Latin:lacūna (la) f Polish:szpara (pl) f dziura (pl) f szczelina (pl) f Portuguese:brecha (pt) f Russian:щель (ru) f ( ščelʹ ) ,дыра́ (ru) f ( dyrá ) Spanish:brecha (es) f mella (es) f Swahili:mwanya (sw) Walloon:crevåde (wa) f creveure (wa) f
vacant space or time
Azerbaijani:ara (az) Bulgarian:интерва́л (bg) m ( intervál ) Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Czech:mezera (cs) f proluka (cs) f Finnish:aukko (fi) French:interruption (fr) f solution de continuité (fr) Georgian:დერეფანი ( derepani ) ,ფანჯარა (ka) ( panǯara ) Greek:κενό (el) n ( kenó ) Hungarian:kihagyás (hu) ,köz (hu) ,térköz (hu) ,időköz (hu) ,időszak (hu) Italian:spazio vuoto m Kapampangan:pilatan Polish:przerwa (pl) f okienko (pl) n Portuguese:vão (pt) m Russian:переры́в (ru) m ( pererýv ) ,окно́ (ru) n ( oknó ) Spanish:hueco (es) m Turkish:ara (tr) Ottoman Turkish:آرا ( ara ) ,آرالق ( aralık ) ,خلال ( hilal )
in baseball
Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Finnish:aukkopaikka
Translations to be checked
gap (third-person singular simple present gaps present participle gapping simple past and past participle gapped
( transitive ) notch , as a sword or knife.( transitive ) breach .( transitive ) Igapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
( transitive , intransitive , slang , especially video games , motor racing ) surpass (someone or something) by a considerablemargin .2022 May 4, u/jhawk1117, “Two units that were really ahead of their time”, inReddit [1] the original on18 July 2024 :Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably stillgap a lot of the game
2023 May 23, @slime_machine,Twitter [2] the original on18 July 2024 :sometimes dril gets absolutelygapped by average ukraine war reddit comments
2023 December 19, @kommanderkarl,Twitter [3] the original on18 July 2024 :Imagine street racing someone then suddenly both of you getgapped by a slammed tiger tank 😂 AKA der "Drippenwagen"
2024 March 9, u/djpain20, “T1 vs. Gen.G / LCK 2024 Spring - Week 7 / Post-Match Discussion”, inReddit [4] the original on18 July 2024 :"Not really the reason his team lost" is still not showing up by Chovy's standarts. Like in a way you're downplaying how good this guy has been domestically the last 3-4 years. He is comfortably the best player in the league and is utterlygapping every other midlaner in the league series after series, year after year.
2024 May 14, u/DM-Me-Your_Titties, “Kia reveals mid-life update to EV6.”, inReddit [5] the original on18 July 2024 :My sports car getsgapped by families of 5 in these all the time and they don't even know we're racing
2024 July 6, @Rubiflorid,Twitter [6] the original on18 July 2024 :When you avoid getting buffed next patch due to your playersgapping
( New Zealand , slang ) leave suddenly.2020 June 17, “'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral”, inNewstalk ZB [7] the original on13 October 2022 :[ Article title: ] gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
( intransitive ) 2014 Blood Drive :The robegaps open at the waist, breasts spilling out of a lacy bra that looks like she might have had it since her college days.
to check the size of a gap
gap (plural gaps
Alternative form ofgup ( elected head of a gewog in Bhutan ) A variant ofgape [ 1]
gap (third-person singular simple present gaps present participle gapping simple past and past participle gapped
( intransitive , transitive , US , slang , dated ) stare orgape .1904 Bowery Life , New York, N.Y.: Richard K. Fox Publishing Company,unnumbered page :Well, dey would all begin stretchin' andgappin' , and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch:[ …]
gap
inflection ofgappen first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative Borrowed fromEnglish gap gapen gaap jaap
gap n plural gappen diminutive gapje n
( business ) gap Synonyms: gat kloof gap m plural gaps
( chemistry ) gap gap ( difference ) gap
snail Deverbal fromgapa ( “ to open one's mouth wide; to yawn ” ) .
gap n genitive singular gaps nominative plural göp
gap opening Synonyms: op rifa glufa Onomatopoeic .
gap
beating , the sound of action by which someone or something is beatenSynonym: degap FromEnglish gap Middle English gap gappe Old Norse gap ( “ an empty space, gap, chasm ” ) .
gap
gap an opening in anythingSynonym: celah the disparity between communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.Synonyms: jurang kesenjangan gap
evening IPA (key ) : ( before 13th CE ) /ˈɡap/ gap
first / third-person singular preterite indicative ofgëben gap
imperative ofgape gap
manuscript spelling ofgab ,first / third-person singular past indicative ofgëban Presumably fromgapa ( “ to gape ” ) .
( 12th century Icelandic ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɑp/ gap n genitive gaps plural gǫp
gap empty space Vǫluspá 1860 , T. Möbius,Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte . Leipzig, page1 : [ …] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi. [ …] gap was of void, but grass nowhere. ( figuratively ) shouting ,crying ,gab Haralds saga herdráða 64, in1868 , C. R. Unger,G. Vigfússon ,Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3 . Christiania, page425 : [ …] þar uar suo mikit hareyste oggap [ …] [ …] there was so much noise andgab [ …] Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874 ), “gap”, inAn Icelandic-English Dictionary , 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press,page191 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ), “gap ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press, page161 Internet Archive IPA (key ) : /ˈɡap/ Rhymes:-ap Syllabification:gap (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
gap m pers
( colloquial , usually in theplural , derogatory ) gawker ,gaper ,mindless onlooker ,rubbernecker Alternative form: ( dialectal ) gapa Synonyms: gapowicz świadek widz Because this word inflects as if it contained a terminal[pʲ] , which no longer exists in Polish and cannot be represented in Polish orthography, the nominative singular form is in practice used only as a lemma in dictionaries. Most native speakers only recognize this word in its inflected forms.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
gap f
genitive plural ofgapa See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
gap
second-person singular imperative ofgapić gap inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANgap in Polish dictionaries at PWNgap m plural gaps
gap ( difference ) FromOld Norse gap
gap n
chasm orabyss gap amouth , especially when wide open the space between the jaws of a wrench gapa ( “ to open one's mouth ” ) 
