How do you pronounce stop-gap?

The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɑpɡˌæp/.

stop-gap

/stˈɑpɡˌæp/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

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noun

British usage

adj

British usage

verb

British usage

"[A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe."

stop-gaps (plural) stop-gaps (present, singular) stop-gapping (participle, present) stop-gapped (participle, past) stop-gapped (past)

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