gapping
/ˈɡæpɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To notch, as a sword or knife.
- To make an opening in; to breach.
- To check the size of a gap.
- To leave suddenly.
- A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."
- The formation of a gap.
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