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  1. stop-gap: Wordnik
  2. stop-gap: Wiktionary
  3. Stop-gap: Dictionary.com
  4. Stop-gap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. stop-gap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Stop-gap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. stop-gap: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. stop-gap: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Stop-gap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Stop-gap)

noun:  (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap [(rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.]
adjective:  (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap [Short-term; temporary.]
verb:  (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap [(transitive) To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).]

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