[gasp, gahsp] 
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 9. | last gasp, the point of death; dying: At his last gasp he confessed to the murder. |
| gasp (gāsp) v. gasped, gasp·ing, gasps v. intr.
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.] |
