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      gap
      noun
      An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
      An opening allowing passage or entrance.
      A vacant space or time.
      A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
      A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
      An opening that implies a breach or defect.
      A mountain or hill pass.
      (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
      (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
      (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
      (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
      (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
      (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
      A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
      Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan) [(India, colloquial) Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.]
      Initialism of Great Ape Project.
      verb
      (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
      (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
      (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
      (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
      (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
      (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
      (intransitive, transitive, US, slang, dated) To stare or gape.
      Synonyms for gap
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      Words related to gap
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