Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gasp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasp \Gasp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gasping}.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa
to yawn; akin to Sw. g["a]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.
She gasps and struggles hard for life. --Lloyd.
2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
--Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasp \Gasp\, v. t.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasp \Gasp\, n.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the
breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the
breath.
{At the last gasp}, at the point of death. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gasp
n : a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she
gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: {pant}]
v : breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: {pant}, {puff},
{heave}]
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