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gapping
gapping
English
Verb
gapping
- present participle of gap
Noun
gapping (uncountable)
- (linguistics) A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."