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gasp

  [gasp, gahsp]
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–noun
1. a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
2. a convulsive effort to breathe.
3. a short, convulsive utterance: the words came out in gasps.
–verb (used without object)
4. to catch one's breath.
5. to struggle for breath with the mouth open; breathe convulsively.
6. to long with breathless eagerness; desire; crave (usually fol. by for or after).
–verb (used with object)
7. to utter with gasps (often fol. by out, forth, away, etc.): She gasped out the words.
8. to breathe or emit with gasps (often fol. by away).
—Idiom
9. last gasp, the point of death; dying: At his last gasp he confessed to the murder.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gaspen, prob. OE *gāspen, equiv. to ON geispa; akin to gape

Related forms:
gasp⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4, 5. puff, blow. See pant.
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gasp   (gāsp)   
v.   gasped, gasp·ing, gasps

v.   intr.

  1. To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.

  2. To breathe convulsively or laboriously.

v.   tr.
To utter in a breathless manner.
n.  A short convulsive intake or catching of the breath.

[Middle English gaspen, gaispen, to gape, yawn, from Old Norse geispa, to yawn.]
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Computing Dictionary

GASP
1. Graph Algorithm and Software Package.
2. General Activities Simulation Program.
3. General Aerodynamic Simulation Program.
(2003-09-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

gasp

see last gasp.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
GASP
Group Against Smoking in Public
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