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Webster 1913 Edition
Gasp
Gasp
(gȧsp)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gasped
(gȧspt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gasping
.] [OE.
gaspen
, gaispen
, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa
to yawn; akin to Sw. gäspa
, Dan. gispe
to gasp.] 1.
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
She
gasps
and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.
2.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
Quenching the
gasping
furrows’ thirst with rain. Spenser.
Gasp
,Verb.
T.
To emit or utter with gasps; – with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he
gasps
away his breath. Dryden.
Gasp
,Noun.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
At the last gasp
, at the point of death.
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gasp
G`ASP
, v.i.1.
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration; particularly in dying.2.
To long for. [Not in use.]G`ASP
,Verb.
T.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
G`ASP
,Noun.
1.
The short catch of the breath in the agonies of death.Definition 2025
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See also: gäsp
English
Noun
gasp (plural gasps)
- A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- (Britain, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a gasp.
Translations
A short, sudden intake of breath
A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper)
Verb
gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- (intransitive) To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- Lloyd
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Spenser
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Translations
to draw in the breath suddenly
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to breathe laboriously or convulsively
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Interjection
gasp
- (humorous) The sound of a gasp.
- Gasp! What will happen next?