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noun

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.

verb

Gasp v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; with forth, out, away, etc. "And with short sobs he gasps away his breath."

Gasp v. i. (past & past part. gasped; pres. part. gasping)

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."

To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. "Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain."

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Etymology of 'Gasp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gasp" Quotes from Famous Books

... With a horrified gasp, Trella ran down the driveway toward the smoking heap of metal. Quest was already beside it, probing it. As she reached his side, he lifted the torn body of Dom ...

— The Jupiter Weapon • Charles Louis Fontenay

... cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns; Twa span-lang, wee unchristen'd bairns, A thief, new cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape: Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter which a babe had strangled; A knife a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs ...

— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant

... do, for God's sake tell her I'm happy... happy as a king... tell her you could see for yourself that I was...." His voice broke in a little gasp. "I... I'll be damned if... if she shall ever be unhappy about me... if I can help it...." The cigarette dropped from his fingers, and with a sob ...

— The Glimpses of the Moon • Edith Wharton

... fairly full. Madame Boin, whom the past few months had provided with a few more rolls of fat round her neck, gave a little gasp as she caught sight of Paragot, and held out her ...

— The Beloved Vagabond • William J. Locke

... returning light steal downward into the canyon. At last it swept aside those lower clinging mists, as though some invisible hand had drawn back the night curtains, and he peered over the edge of his narrow resting-place, gazing directly down upon the scene of massacre. With a quick gasp of unspeakable horror he shrank so sharply back as to cause the suddenly awakened girl to start and glance ...

— Bob Hampton of Placer • Randall Parrish

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