[syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gasp \Gasp\, v. t.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
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And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gasp \Gasp\ (g[.a]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped (g[.a]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn,
gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g[aum]spa, Dan. gispe
to gasp.]
1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in
laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire
convulsively; to pant violently.
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She gasps and struggles hard for life. --Lloyd.
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2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
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Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
--Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gasp \Gasp\, n.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the
breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the
breath.
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At the last gasp, at the point of death. --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gasp
n 1: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she
gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant]
v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
GASP
1. Graph Algorithm and Software Package.
2. General Activities Simulation Program.
3. General Aerodynamic Simulation Program.