A gasp is the sound made by a sharp inward breath. After running up a steep hill, your breath will come in gasps.
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
Noun
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"
Verb
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
v. i.
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in
laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to
pant violently.
v. i.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
v. t.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away,
etc.
n.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the
breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Gasp
She gasps and struggles hard for life.2.
Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Gasp
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
Gasp
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
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