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ALL meanings of gapping

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  • noun gapping Present participle of gap. 1
  • noun gapping a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications. 1
  • noun gapping an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus: a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory. 1
  • noun gapping a wide divergence or difference; disparity: the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions. 1
  • noun gapping a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem: the technology gap; a communications gap. 1
  • noun gapping a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge. 1
  • noun gapping Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass: the Cumberland Gap. 1
  • noun gapping Aeronautics. the distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it. 1
  • verb with object gapping to make a gap, opening, or breach in. 1
  • verb without object gapping to come open or apart; form or show a gap. 1
  • noun gapping (in transformational grammar) a rule that deletes repetitions of a verb, as in the sentence Bill voted for Smith, Sam for McKay, and Dave for Harris 0
  • noun gapping the act or practice of taking a gap year 0
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