gasp
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See also: gäsp
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English. Related to and possibly derived from Old Norse geispa or Danish gispe.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gasp (plural gasps)
- A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- (UK, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a gasp.
Translations[edit]
A short, sudden intake of breath
A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper)
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Verb[edit]
gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- (intransitive) To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- Lloyd
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Spenser
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Translations[edit]
to draw in the breath suddenly
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to breathe laboriously or convulsively
Interjection[edit]
gasp
- (humorous) The sound of a gasp.
- Gasp! What will happen next?
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