gap

noun13

1. •
   an opening left in a thing when a piece of it is broken away or pulled apart

   • He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
2. •
   A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

   • Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
   • Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.
3. •
   (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. — 2008
4. •
   An opening allowing passage or entrance.

   • We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
5. •
   An opening that implies a breach or defect.

   • There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
6. •
   A mountain or hill pass.

   • The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
7. •
   A vacant space or time.

   • I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
8. •
   A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

   • I'm taking a gap.
   • You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
9. •
   The regions between the outfielders.

   • Jones doubled through the gap.
10. •
    An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
11. •
    (Australia) The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
12. •
    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.
13. •
    (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.

verb8

1. •
   To notch, as a sword or knife.
2. •
   To make an opening in; to breach.
3. •
   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. — 2007
4. •
   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.
5. •
   (slang) 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 — 2022
6. •
   (New-Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.

   • [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral — 2020
7. •
   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.
   • The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.
8. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) 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: […] — 1904

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of guilty anticipated plea.