gasp

See also gäsp

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse geispa or Danish gispe.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA: /ˈɡæsp/

• CA synth

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Noun

gasp (plural gasps)

1. A short, sudden intake of breath.

   The audience gave a gasp of astonishment

2. (UK, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).

   I'm popping out for a gasp.

Translations

A short, sudden intake of breath

• Finnish: henkäisy, nopea hengenveto
• Italian: anelito (it), rantolo (it)
• Norwegian: gisp (no) n
• Portuguese: suspiro (pt)

• Scottish Gaelic: plosg (gd) m
• Spanish: bocanada (es) f
• Swedish: flämtning (sv)

A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper)

• Finnish: savut (fi)

• Italian: tirata di sigaretta (it)
• Norwegian: drag (no) n

  Bokmål: trekk (nb) n

Verb

gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)

1. (intransitive): To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

   The audience gasped as the magician disappeared

2. (intransitive): To breathe laboriously or convulsively.

   We were all gasping when we reached the summit

3. (transitive): To speak in a breathless manner

   The old man gasped his last few words

Translations

to draw in the breath suddenly

• Czech: zajíknout (cs) se
• Dutch: hijgen (nl), snakken (nl)
• Finnish: haukkoa henkeään (fi)
• German: keuchen (de)
• Italian: restare senza fiato (it), restare a bocca aperta (it), trattenere il fiato (it)

• Japanese: 息を呑む (ja) (いきをのむ, iki o nomu)
• Korean: 숨가쁘다 (ko) (sum-gappuda)
• Norwegian: gispe (no)
• Russian: вздыхать (ru) (vzdyxátʹ) impf., вздохнуть (ru) (vzdoxnútʹ) pf., (lit.: open mouth (in surprise)) открывать рот (ru) (otkryvátʹ rot) (от удивле́ния)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg (gd)
• Swedish: flämta (sv), kippa (sv)

to breathe laboriously or convulsively

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喘息 (cmn) (chuǎnxī), 氣促 (cmn), 气促 (cmn) (qìcù)

• Czech: lapat po dechu (cs), těžce dýchat (cs)
• Finnish: huohottaa (fi)
• French: haleter (fr)
• German: japsen (de)
• Italian: rantolare (it), ansimare (it), boccheggiare (it)

• Japanese: 喘ぐ (ja) (あえぐ, aegu)
• Korean: 숨가쁘다 (ko) (sum-gappuda)
• Latgalian: eļsinēt
• Latvian: elsot (lv)
• Maori: huataue (mi)
• Norwegian: pese (no)
• Russian: дышать с трудом (ru) (dyšátʹ s trudóm), задыхаться (ru) (zadyxátʹsja)
• Spanish: jadear (es)

Interjection

gasp

1. (humorous) The sound of a gasp.

   Gasp! What will happen next?

Anagrams

• gaps
• spag, SPAG