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.
Examples of gasps in a Sentence
Her breaths came in short gasps, but she refused to back down.
He was hardly underway before he geared down for the long climb and gradually fell into a rhythm of sorts, muscle-pulling pain and gasps of breath as he inched his way up the first long incline.
Their instrumental sound twinkles with light casting the shadows in which Maclure's gasps, exhalations and vocal melismas can be found.
It was silent aside from her choked gasps.
The child cries or gasps, forcibly exhales, stops breathing, and turns either blue (cyanotic form) or pale (pallid form).
If you can't climb a flight of stairs without your heart pounding and your breath coming in great gasps, for instance, then you just may want to improve your cardiorespiratory endurance.
There were gasps and slight moans from the eight against the wall, and this perturbed our captor.
This turned to gasps of disbelief and then a roar of acclaim as the thunderbolt shot crashed into the far corner of the net.
They were featured in In Style magazine and are sure to inspire gasps of delight when your guests observe the craftsmanship.
The nighttime breathing problem interrupts sleep because breathing stops and the sleeper gasps for air.
Special effect, or wicked, lenses are almost never the norm, so you'll be able to get a few startled gasps and second glances from anyone with whom you come in contact while you're wearing them.
She squirmed from his arms; her breath coming in short gasps.
When the ache had left her legs numb, and her breath was no longer coming in gasps, they started out again - across sand dunes - up and down.
There were gasps as one of the seeds suddenly darkened and burst open.