gap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
    spread.
    • gap between income and outgo
    • the spread between lending and borrowing costs
  2. noun an open or empty space in or between things
    opening.
    • there was a small opening between the trees
    • the explosion made a gap in the wall
  3. noun a narrow opening
    crack.
    • he opened the window a crack
  4. noun a pass between mountain peaks
    col.
  5. noun a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
  6. noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
    break; interruption; disruption.
    • it was presented without commercial breaks
    • there was a gap in his account
  7. verb make an opening or gap in
    breach.

WordNet

Gap noun
Etymology
OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.
Definitions
  1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.
    Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. Knolles.
    It would make a great gap in your own honor. Shak.
Gap transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To notch, as a sword or knife.
  2. To make an opening in; to breach.
    Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. Tennyson.

Webster 1913