stopgap
English
adj
Definitions
- Filling a gap or pause.
- Temporary; short-term.
Etymology
Compound from English stop + English gap.
Origin
English
gap
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airgap English
- autostop English
- backstop English
- bandgap English
- beamstop English
- bookstop English
- checkstop English
- doorstop English
- e-stop English
- eigengap English
- firestop English
- forstop English
- gap English
- gap-lapper English
- gap-toothed English
- gapful English
- gapless English
- gaplike English
- gapmer English
- gapper English
- gappy English
- ground stop English
- helistop English
- instop English
- intragap English
- microgap English
- midgap English
- minigap English
- misstop English
- multigap English
- multistop English
- nanogap English
- non-stop English
- nonstop English
- pit stop English
- pregap English
- pseudogap English
- ripstop English
- rockstop English
- shortstop English
- stop English
- stop-tap English
- stopband English
- stopbank English
- stopblock English
- stopboard English
- stopcheck English
- stopcock English
- stopless English
- stoplight English
- stopover English
- stoppable English
- stoppage English
- stopped English
- stopper English
- stoppest English
- stoppeth English
- stoppie English
- stopple English
- stopsign English
- stopstreet English
- stopwatch English
- stopword English
- subgap English
- tramstop English
- unstop English
- unstoppability English
- waterstop English
- whistlestop English
- widegap English
- yepsen English
- stop Hungarian
- stop Italian
- stoppare Italian
- auto-stop French
- autostop French
- stop French
- стоп Russian
- stop Spanish, Castilian
- stop Portuguese
- *stuppōną Proto-Germanic
- ギャップ Japanese
- ストップ Japanese
- gap Middle English
- stoppen Middle English
- stop Irish
- στοπ Greek (modern)
- stopio Welsh
- stop Latvian
- stopohem Albanian
- stap Tok Pisin
- stapim Tok Pisin
- stoppen Low German
- stoppar Interlingua
- gap
- stop
- gappy
- airgap
- gapper
- midgap
- instop
- subgap
- unstop
- gapful
- yepsen
- gapmer
- pregap
- e-stop
- gaplike
- stopped
- stopper
- ripstop
- stopple
- misstop
- gapless
- bandgap
- minigap
- forstop
- stoppie
- nanogap
- nonstop
- widegap
- non-stop
- stopband
- stopcock
- doorstop
- helistop
- rockstop
- backstop
- tramstop
- stopword
- firestop
- bookstop
- stoppage
- eigengap
- multigap
- pit stop
- autostop
- stoppeth
- stopbank
- beamstop
- stop-tap
- stoppest
- microgap
- intragap
- stopless
- stopsign
- stopover
- pseudogap
- checkstop
- stopblock
- stoppable
- multistop
- waterstop
- stopcheck
- shortstop
- stopwatch
- stoplight
- stopboard
- gap-lapper
- stopstreet
- ground stop
- whistlestop
- gap-toothed
- unstoppability