Gap - Isn't A Verb -i.m.h.o.

Question

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/gap

I think conjugating gap is incorrect.

Spanishdict is correct. - rogspax, Nov 13, 2013

Answer 1

I will not only agree with Jack, but will provide some more examples.

Besides the obvious gapping of sparkplugs (setting the gap), I´ve seen it used for setting the interval between panes, bricks, and tiles, as a synonym for ¨spacing¨

Also, it´s a very common term in racing. I´ve heard countless people use it in person,and both American and British commentators on the tele. To gap someone is to increase the interval between you and them -- normally increasing your lead over the person behind you, never heard it the other way around, though I think will now, and will probably find a way to use it in the reverse sense at the awards banquet this weekend.

Next, someone will be telling me google is not a verb. (presumably a luddite via smokesignal)

Oh yeah, it's all coming back lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 14, 2013

Answer 2

I would agree with you but perhaps as English evolves it is starting to be used as one, according to at least one dictionary although its use is rare, (they claim that ) gap is a verb.

It evolved to include that word in the ecosystem before we were born Kiwi ;) - rogspax, Nov 13, 2013

True, lol having thought about it I have heard it used in more than one way, eg. I've heard it in Australia talking about fugitives, he gapped it (meaning he took off) lol - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 14, 2013

Answer 3

The jeans gapped at the back.

Maybe that is "gaped" :) - ian-hill, Nov 13, 2013

I'd still say it gaps at the back. But gape works. I always hear gap. - katydew, Nov 13, 2013

Answer 4

For what it's worth, en.wiktionary shows the following:

Verb gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped) (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach. To check the size of a gap. I gapped all the sparkplugs in my car then realized I used the wrong manual and had made them too small.

I also have heard the word used as an intransitive verb: The hospital robe gapped in back.

Answer 5

I've used "gap" as a verb for the last fifty years.

example:Adjusting the distance between the two electrodes is called gapping your spark plugs.
example: You need a feeler gauge to gap your spark plugs properly.

I´m with you Jack. I´ve been hearing it for that long, and I¨m pretty sure my grandfathers used it yet earlier. - rogspax, Nov 13, 2013

Answer 6

Yes, I red that. Thank you.

Answer 7

I don't think "gap" is a verb.

But our dictionary has a whole bunch of stupid English verbs.

Have a look here for the "verb" red -Click here