0 a person or thing that fills a gap in an emergency -- nødhjelp/-løsning; midlertidig
(also adjective) stopgap arrangements.
He was made headmaster as a stopgap till a new man could be appointed
Although we shall bide our time, hoping that young men and women will benefit from the present scheme, it is still only a stopgap.
It should be not a stopgap, but legislation which will fulfil a public need.
The proposals are only a stopgap; they do not deal with the unsatisfactory situation in respect of the uncompetitive currency.
That, however, would be only a stopgap measure.
What more do you need than having them unemployed—even though these alternatives may have been stopgaps—to make them more anti-social?
That brings forward a new model; it does not simply introduce a stopgap.
In effect, the measure will create a greater stopgap because it will bring more people into the decision-making process.
These task forces are not stopgaps but forces which are set up to deal with the problem which undoubtedly exists.
