noun
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A short, sudden intake of breath.
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The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
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: A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
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I'm popping out for a gasp.
verb
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To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
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The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
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To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
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We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
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To speak in a breathless manner.
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The old man gasped his last few words.
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To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
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I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
interjection
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The sound of a gasp.
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Gasp! What will happen next?
Examples of gasp in a Sentence
She caught her breath in a startled gasp of pain.
Pain made her gasp as blood welled and spilled.
She stepped over it, slipped on pebbles, and dropped with a gasp as pain slammed through her knees.
She woke with a gasp and threw back the covers.
A gasp made her eyes open, and she looked around the kitchen.
She let out a little gasp and clutched her husband's hand.
There was an audible gasp.
With a startled gasp, she dashed into the cabin, struggling to shut the door against the rising wind.
At Carmen's startled gasp, he said he didn't think that was an issue because they brought him back quickly.
She glanced up and her giggle ended in a gasp.
The unmistakable red eyes of vampires made her gasp.
You may even want to get help from a friend or (gasp!) even your mom.
Her heart was beating so wildly she was finally forced to gasp for air.
The gasp heard around the world sounded when it was revealed Jennifer Lopez and singer Marc Anthony were married in a hush-hush backyard affair.
She ignored Cynthia's horrified gasp.
His words were accompanied by a squeeze on her arm painful enough to make her gasp.
These dresses are shiny and slinky, and some of them are even (gasp!), patterned.
It's certain that there was a collective gasp when the news of Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon's break-up was announced.
This brief silence is actually a period when the person stops breathing, and then wakes with a gasp or a loud snorting sound.
It is known that young infants often stop breathing for short periods of time, then gasp and start again.
This narrowing, in turn, produces wheezing and breathlessness that sometimes causes the patient to gasp for air.
Some babies, however, can gasp or begin to water into their lungs immediately after birth.
The night's battle lit up her thoughts, and what she saw made her gasp.
Czerno trailed a finger down the side of her face, his chilling smile and the onslaught of visions making her gasp.
Their knocking made her heart flip, and she covered her mouth at her gasp.
They appeared in the quiet living room, turning at the startled gasp.
The parcel contained a beautiful lavender dress, causing Cynthia to let out a slight gasp.
Dean had no alternative but to force her hands away and flip her from him, onto her back, reversing their positions in a single thrust that caused her to loudly gasp as she landed soundly on her back, Dean now above her.
Cynthia let out a gasp and wilted like a flower in a furnace; a dead faint.
Gasp at his bloated belly, bald head, hunched back and stripy trousers!
She landed with such a loud thud that I let out an audible gasp.
Agencies everywhere are taking a collective gasp of horror.
With a splitting headache they would reach the tunnel exit, gasp in the fresh air and usually vomit the black phlegm.
The apnea often ends with a loud snore or gasp, along with movements of the whole body.
The Canaries were stung by a late goal from the visiting Hornets as Matthew Spring 's last gasp strike settled a pulsating contest.
Whenever you walk into a Staples or Office Depot to look for business card stock, you probably gasp at the prices.
Kris entered, followed by someone whose appearance made her gasp.
The lanky form standing between her and the door made her gasp.
The same breeze giving the curtains heartburn tossed her hair around, and she pushed it aside, a flash of red making her gasp.
How we controlled ourselves sufficiently as not to gasp and startle Howie awake, I don't know.
She blocked, her gasp audible as the Original Being's energy flew through her.
Share your terrible tales with your guy or girl friends over drinks or dinner and watch them gasp in horror or recognition.
The last gasp effort produced a result as the referee spotted a handball as the ball arrived in the box and awarded a penalty.
The sword implanted next to the downed man's ear, and her small gasp drew the attention of the observers.
It had fared worst of all the beleaguered garrisons, and its 22,000 inhabitants were almost at their last gasp when relief came.
His energy rippled through her, making her gasp at the intensity of the touch that lit her blood on fire.
The Russian commander-in-chief states in his work on the war that Bilderling became engaged a fond instead of gradually withdrawing as Kuropatkin intended, and at any rate it is unquestioned that in consequence of the serious position of affairs on the western wing, not only did Stakelberg use his reserves to support Bilderling, when the 12th division of Kuroki's army was almost at its last gasp and must have yielded to fresh pressure, but Kuropatkin himself suspended the general offensive on the 13th of October.
The human senses that made her gasp at the colors of spring flowers were also ill-made to defend them against Immortals and deities.
Several people stopped to stare or skirt them as Rhyn padded through, and one startled gasp drew his attention briefly to a stairwell.
Frederick, however, was now at the last gasp. On the 6th of January 1762, he wrote to Finkenstein, "We ought now to think of preserving for my nephew, by way of negotiation, whatever fragments of my territory we can save from the avidity of my enemies," which means, if words mean anything, that he was resolved to seek a soldier's death on the first opportunity.