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[ stop-gap ] / ˈstɒpˌgæp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stopgap ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsomething that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails. adjectivemakeshift: This is only a stopgap solution. Origin of stopgapFirst recorded in 1525–35; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stop a gap SYNONYMS FOR stopgap2 improvised, temporary, substitute, impromptu. SEE SYNONYMS FOR stopgap ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby stopgapstop down, stope, stoper, Stopes, stop-frame, stopgap, stop-go, stop in, stoping, stop knob, stoplight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stopgapHe has left millions of homeowners to fend for themselves, and even his health care plan is really only a stopgap measure. Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Live In: Kevin Baker’s New York|Allen Barra|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST His “strategists” have concocted a series of stopgap tactics. How Mitt Romney Can Win the First Debate With Obama|Robert Shrum|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST As for Fattorosi of XPays, he sees the lawsuits as only a stopgap. Behind the Porn Piracy Crackdown|Richard Abowitz|April 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST But even Joffe admits that a better radar and rapid reaction system is only a partial, stopgap solution. Cyber-Terror: The New Nukes?|Trevor Butterworth|September 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In this his Christian neighbours liked him well, insomuch as he was a kind of stay or stopgap to the infidels. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century|Karl Marx She was going as a stopgap to speak at a large meeting to oblige Angelica. The Beth Book|Sarah Grand However, a stopgap was found in the person of the book-keeper, a young Englishman, who knew more of music than accounts. A Little Bush Maid|Mary Grant Bruce It's a stopgap effort, just to keep things moving until Project Sea-Dredge starts functioning. The Hunted Heroes|Robert Silverberg Because Brownlee knows why I'm looking for a cure to replace the stopgap. Nor Iron Bars a Cage....|Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for stopgap
noun- a temporary substitute for something else
- (as modifier)a stopgap programme
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stopgaptemporary, emergency, makeshift, expedient, impromptu, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, throwaway, recourse, expediency, shift, improvisation, resort, resource, refuge, improvised, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready |