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Definition of Stopgap
1. Noun. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
Definition of Stopgap
1. n. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
Definition of Stopgap
1. Adjective. Temporary; short-term. ¹
2. Noun. A temporary measure or short-term fix used until something better can be obtained. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stopgap
1. a temporary substitute [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopgap
Literary usage of Stopgap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"strengthened by a final d in several of the Romance dialects (' the d being in
ancient Latin the regular stopgap of the hiatus.'—Quart. Rev. No. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"strengthened by a final d in several of the Romance dialects ('the d being in
ancient Latin the regular stopgap of the hiatus.'—Quart. Rev. No. ..."
3. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, Henry Jackson (1904)
"THE JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY. potentibus is thus a ' metrical stopgap,' perhaps due
to poten- tibus herbis, Lu can ix. 893. The restoration of the true reading ..."
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