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G`ASP, v.i.

1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration; particularly in dying.

2. To long for. [Not in use.]

G`ASP, v.t. To emit breath by opening wide the mouth.

And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.

G`ASP, n. The act of opening the mouth to catch the breath.

1. The short catch of the breath in the agonies of death.
1913 Definition
Gasp (gasp)
v. i.(?)
Gasp
[imp. *** p. p. Gasped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn] akin to Sw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to
  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.

  3. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.

    And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.

  4. 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.


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