stopgap

That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.

[A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.

Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.

A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.

The small company used their old product with a few kludged enhancements as a stopgap until they could develop a new product.

Perhaps I shall be told that this wintry exhibition is a mere stopgap and makeshift, until a fresh supply of bright new paintings can be procured, and that it is ultra vires to obtain such for love or money before the merry month of May.

A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.

As witness the following. Mr Strudwick, the regular master of the form, happened on one occasion to be away for a couple of days, and a stop-gap was put in in his place. The name of the stop-gap was Mr Somerville Smith. He and Farnie exchanged an unspoken declaration of war almost immediately.

Short-term; temporary.

They put a stopgap solution in place, but need something more permanent.

Filling a gap or pause.

To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).

To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.

To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.