GAPPING

verb

1. To notch, as a sword or knife.
2. To make an opening in; to breach.
3. To check the size of a gap.

noun

1. 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."
2. The formation of a gap.