GASP
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Gasp (g&adot_;sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped (g&adot_;spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g&ä;spa, Dan. gispe to gasp.] 1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
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She gasps and struggles hard for life.
Lloyd.
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2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
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Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Spenser.
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Gasp, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
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And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
Dryden.
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Gasp, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
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At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.
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