gappy
adjective
informaluk/ˈɡæp.i/us/ˈɡæp.i/with someteethmissingor withspacesbetween theteeth:
a gappysmile/grin
Ithinkhis gappyteetharecute.
with someholesorspaces:
Thehedgehasbecomegappy.
gappyfloorboards
with somepartsmissingor notincluded; notcomplete:
Thelawis a little gappy in thisarea.
- He gave me a gappygrin.
- I was asocialmisfit, withthickspectaclesand gappyteeth.
- Thekidsare socutewiththeirgappysmilesandfreckledfaces.
- Theshrubshave gappygrowthat thetop.
- He couldseethrough the gappyfence.
- Theyprovidedanentertaining, ifrathergappy,historyofcomputing.
Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- apartheid
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- freely
- givesomething/someonea wide berthidiom
- hermetically sealed
- in piecesidiom
- interzone
- loose
- private
- purdah
- resegregation
- secluded
- seclusive
- stand-alone
- unattached
- uninhabited
- untethered
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