gap : Idioms & Phrases


cumberland gap

  • noun a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
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Foliar gap

  • (Bot.), an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at the point of origin of a leaf.
Webster 1913

Gap lathe

  • (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.
Webster 1913

gap-toothed

  • adjective satellite having widely spaced teeth
    • his gap-toothed grin
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Gap"-toothed` adjective
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  1. Having interstices between the teeth. Dryden.
Webster 1913

gapped scale

  • noun a musical scale with fewer than seven notes
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generation gap

  • noun a difference between the views of young people and their parents
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spark gap

  • noun a component of an ignition system; consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them
  • noun the gap between two high-potential terminals
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stop-gap

Stop"-gap` noun
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  1. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
    Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.
Webster 1913

the gapes

The gapes
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  1. A fit of yawning.
  2. A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
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To stand in the gap

  • to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.
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To stop a gap

  • to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
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trade gap

  • noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise
    visible balance; trade balance; balance of trade.
    • a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports
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water gap

  • noun a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows
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wind gap

  • noun a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it
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