'Gasp' definitions:

Definition of 'gasp'

(from WordNet)
noun
A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant]
verb
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave]

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]

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