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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
originThe noun is derived from stop (“to close or block (an opening)”) + gap, from the phrase to stop a gap. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun, and the verb is derived from the noun.
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