'Gasp' definitions:
Definition of 'gasp'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gasp'
From: GCIDE
- Gasp \Gasp\ (g[.a]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped (g[.a]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g[aum]spa, 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. [1913 Webster]
- She gasps and struggles hard for life. --Lloyd. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. [1913 Webster]
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gasp'
From: GCIDE
- Gasp \Gasp\, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. [1913 Webster]
- And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gasp'
From: GCIDE
- Gasp \Gasp\, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. [1913 Webster]
- At the last gasp, at the point of death. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gasp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspiration,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- bake,
- bark,
- bawl,
- be in heat,
- bellow,
- blare,
- blat,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- blow,
- blubber,
- boil,
- boom,
- bray,
- break down,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- broil,
- broken wind,
- burn,
- burn out,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- chant,
- chirp,
- choke,
- collapse,
- combust,
- coo,
- cook,
- cough,
- crack up,
- crow,
- drawl,
- droop,
- drop,
- exclaim,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- faint,
- fatigue,
- flag,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- flute,
- fry,
- get tired,
- give out,
- glow,
- grow weary,
- growl,
- grunt,
- gulp,
- hack,
- heave,
- hiccup,
- hiss,
- huff,
- incandesce,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- jade,
- keen,
- lilt,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- parch,
- peter out,
- pipe,
- play out,
- poop out,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- radiate heat,
- respiration,
- respire,
- roar,
- roast,
- rumble,
- run down,
- run out,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scream,
- screech,
- scuba,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sigh,
- simmer,
- sing,
- sink,
- smolder,
- smother,
- snap,
- snarl,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sob,
- spark,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- steam,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- stew,
- stifle,
- succumb,
- suffocate,
- suspiration,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- thunder,
- tire,
- toast,
- trumpet,
- twang,
- wail,
- warble,
- weary,
- wheeze,
- whine,
- whisper,
- wilt,
- wind,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp