gasping

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

gasping

1. present participle and gerund of gasp

Noun

gasping (plural gaspings)

1. The act by which one gasps.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     sundry violent gaspings and strainings

Derived terms

• gasping disease

 

Adjective

gasping (not comparable)

1. (UK, slang) Very thirsty
   • 2011, Kate Ellis, The Armada Boy: Number 2 in series, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Any chance of a cup of tea? I'm gasping.

Anagrams

• gapings, pagings