- stopgap
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noun
Usage: often attributive
Date: 1684
something that serves as a temporary expedient ; makeshift <stopgap measures> Synonyms: see resource
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stopgap
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stopgap — 1680s, from STOP (Cf. stop) + GAP (Cf. gap) … Etymology dictionary
stopgap — *makeshift, shift, expedient, *resource, resort, substitute, surrogate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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stopgap — UK [ˈstɒpˌɡæp] / US [ˈstɑpˌɡæp] noun [countable] Word forms stopgap : singular stopgap plural stopgaps a person or thing that provides a temporary solution a stopgap measure … English dictionary
stopgap — /stop gap /, n. 1. something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails. adj. 2. makeshift: This is only a stopgap solution. [1525 35; n., adj. use of… … Universalium
stopgap — 1. adjective Temporary; short term. They put a stopgap solution in place, but need something more permanent. 2. noun A temporary measure or short term fix used until something better can be obtained … Wiktionary
stopgap — 1. noun that old plane was merely a stopgap Syn: temporary solution/fix, expedient, makeshift; substitute, stand in, pinch hitter 2. adjective a stopgap measure Syn: temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short term, working, makeshif … Thesaurus of popular words
