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Gasp

Gasp (gasp)
v. i.(?)
Gasp
[imp. *** p. p. Gasped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn] akin to Sw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to
  1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

    She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.

  2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.

    Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser.

Gasp

Gasp (gasp)
v. t.
Gasp
  1. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.

    And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.

Gasp

Gasp (gasp)
n.
Gasp
  1. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.

    At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.













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