Usually means: Temporary solution to urgent problem.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. stopgap: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. stopgap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stopgap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stopgap: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stopgap: Vocabulary.com
  6. Stopgap, stopgap: Wordnik
  7. stopgap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. stopgap: Wiktionary
  9. stopgap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. stopgap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. stopgap: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. stopgap: Dictionary.com
  13. stopgap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Stopgap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. stopgap: Rhymezone
  16. stopgap: Free Dictionary
  17. stopgap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. stopgap: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. stopgap: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. stopgap: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
noun:  (figuratively)
noun:  Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
noun:  A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
noun:  (specifically) A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
adjective:  Short-term; temporary.
adjective:  Filling a gap or pause.
verb:  (transitive) To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
verb:  (intransitive) To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
verb:  (specifically) To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.

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