See Also: gasp(medicine)
gasp(1)(dictionary)
gasp(2)(dictionary)
gasp 1, verb(dictionary)
gasp 2, noun(dictionary)

gasp(2) (iou)



gasp verb. [g¨»:sp] LME.
[Old Norse geispa yawn, (with metathesis) from base of geip idle talk, geipa talk idly.]
verb intrans. Catch the breath with open mouth, as from exhaustion or astonishment. LME.
G. Swift She was gasping, her chest heaving, long jagged breaths came from her throat.
verb trans. Utter with gasps. (Foll. by out.) L16.
verb intrans. Pant or strain for air; fig. crave or long for. L16.
H. E. Bates Alex was quivering terribly all over as he gasped for his catarrh-choked breath.
Phrases: gasp one's breath away, gasp one's breath out, gasp one's last, gasp one's life away, gasp one's life out die.
gasper noun (a) a person who gasps; (b) slang a (cheap) cigarette: M19.
gaspingly adverb in a gasping manner E19.