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STOPGAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stopgap mean?
• STOPGAP (noun)
The noun STOPGAP has 1 sense:
1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
Familiarity information: STOPGAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("stopgap" is a kind of...):
expedient (a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one)
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