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gasp in English
- gasp⇄expr. at the (or one's) last gasp,
a. about to die.
b. about to come to an end.
Ex. The rebellion seems once more at its last gasp (Horace Walpole). - gasp⇄expr. gasp one's last. See under last (1).
- gasp⇄expr. gasp out (or forth), to utter with gasps.
Ex. She couldn't see even her children's faces, though we heard her gasping out their names (Dickens). - gasp⇄gasp, noun, verb.
- gasp⇄noun 1. a trying hard to get one's breath with open mouth, as if out of breath or surprised.
Ex. The fireman heard the gasps of the choking boy in the smoky room.
2. a sudden, short utterance.
Ex. then Balin told him brokenly, and in g - gasp⇄v.i. 1. to try hard to get one's breath with open mouth. A person gasps when he is out of breath or surprised.
Ex. He has taken our breath away, and leaves us gasping (John Ruskin).
2. to breathe with gasps; pant for air.
3. (Figurati - gasp⇄v.t. 1. to utter with gasps.
Ex. ""Help! Help!"" gasped the drowning man.
2. to exhale or emit with convulsive breathings.
Ex. He ... lay gasping life away (William Cowper).