gap

1. (n) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. 2. (n) An opening allowing passage or entrance. 3. (n) A vacant space or time. 4. (n) A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack. 5. (n) A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous. 6. (n) An opening that implies a breach or defect. 7. (n) A mountain or hill pass. 8. (n) (baseball) The regions between the outfielders. 9. (n) (slang, euphemistic) The vagina. 10. (v) (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach. 11. (v) (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap. 12. (v) (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin. 13. (n) (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc. 14. (n) (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item. 15. (n) (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment. 16. (v) (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly. 17. (v) (intransitive, transitive, US, slang, dated) To stare or gape. 18. (n) (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names). 19. (v) (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife. 20. (v) (transitive) To check the size of a gap. 21. (n) A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. 22. (n) Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan) [(India, colloquial) Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.] 23. (n) Initialism of Great Ape Project.