Definitions for gap

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Spelling: [gap]

IPA: /gæp/

Gap is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in gap (agp).

Definitions for gap

noun

1. a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
2. an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus:
3. a wide divergence or difference; disparity:
4. a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem:
5. a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
6. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass:
7. Aeronautics. the distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.
8. a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.

verb (used with object)

1. to make a gap, opening, or breach in.

verb (used without object)

1. to come open or apart; form or show a gap.

Origin of gap

1350-1400; Middle English Old Norse gap chasm

Examples for gap

In what he saw as divine intervention, a gap opened in the crowd and the car gunned through it.

Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.

The best, or at least most successful, are bridging the gap between punk-rock DIY ethos and social-media savvy.

Through this gap we rode, and I shouted loudly for Saxon to join us.

But most of this gap, say the researchers who carried out the study, is due to discrimination.

It is all very well for us to be rich, but money simply enlarges the gap.

I sought for a man that should stand in the gap before Me, and found none.

This year the GOP closed that gap—and one all-female consulting firm is a big reason why.

Besides, I was wrong when I said that money opened a gap between people.

There was a gap in the conversation, which Clennam devoted to winding up his watch.