1. gap - Noun
2. gap - Verb
3. Gap - Proper noun
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.
To notch, as a sword or knife.
To make an opening in; to breach.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell
Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. Oprah Winfrey
The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. Ramsey Clark
A hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened. Ethiopian Proverb
When bredin split, enemies enter the gap. Darkovan Proverb
If one sheep puts his head through the gap the rest will follow. Irish Proverb