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Gasp

Gasp Meaning & Definition
Gasp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gasp?

[n] a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"
[v] breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gasp: heave | pant | pant | puff

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gasp: 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

See Also | aspiration | blow | breathing in | inhalation | inspiration

Gasp In Webster's Dictionary

\Gasp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gasping}.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g["a]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. 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\, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
\Gasp\, n. 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.

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