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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stopgap.ogg


Adjective

  1. temporary; short-term
  2. :They put a stopgap solution in place, but need something more permanent.


Noun

  1. A temporary measure or short-term fix used until something better can be obtained.
  2. :The small company uses their new product features as a stopgap until they can develop a new product.


Related terms


et:stopgap vi:stopgap

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stop-gap \Stop"-gap`\, n.
That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a
temporary expedient.
[1913 Webster]

Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. --Hare.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stopgap
n : something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
[syn: makeshift]
Moby Dictionary
action , ad hoc , ad hoc measure , ad lib , ad libitum , ad-lib ,
ad-libbing , alternate , alternative , answer , arrangement , artifice ,
backup , band-aid , bung , check valve , cock , contrivance , cork ,
counterfeit , countermove , coup , course of action , demarche ,
dernier ressort , device , dodge , dummy , effort , emergency ,
equivalent , ersatz , expediency , expedient , extemporaneous ,
extemporaneousness , extemporariness , extemporary , extempore ,
extemporization , fake , faucet , gimmick , imitation , impromptu ,
improvisation , improvisational , improvisatorial , improvise ,
improvised , improvision , improviso , jury-rig , jury-rigged ,
jury-rigged expedient , last expedient , last resort , last shift ,
lid , makeshift , makeshifty , maneuver , means , measure , mock , move ,
off-the-cuff , offhand , peg , phony , pin , pinch , pis aller ,
playing by ear , plug , pro tempore , provisional , proxy , recourse ,
refuge , reserve , resort , resource , rough-and-ready ,
rough-and-tumble , sea cock , secondary , shake-up , shift , solution ,
spare , spigot , spike , spile , spill , step , stop , stopper , stopple ,
stratagem , stroke , stroke of policy , substitute , tactic , tap ,
temporary , temporary arrangement , temporary expedient ,
temporary measure , tentative , token , trick , trump , unrehearsed ,
utility , valve , vicarious , working hypothesis ,
working proposition


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